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Lexicon :: Strong's G5579 - pseudos

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ψεῦδος
Transliteration
pseudos (Key)
Pronunciation
psyoo'-dos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:594,1339

Strong’s Definitions

ψεῦδος pseûdos, psyoo'-dos; from G5574; a falsehood:—lie, lying.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5579 in the following manner: lie (7x), lying (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5579 in the following manner: lie (7x), lying (2x).

  1. a lie

  2. conscious and intentional falsehood

  3. in a broad sense, whatever is not what it seems to be

    1. of perverse, impious, deceitful precepts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ψεῦδος pseûdos, psyoo'-dos; from G5574; a falsehood:—lie, lying.
STRONGS G5579:
ψεῦδος, ψευδοῦς, τό, from Homer down, the Sept. for כָּזָב שֶׁקֶר, כַּחַשׁ, a lie; conscious and intentional falsehood: universally, Revelation 14:5 (where Rec. δόλος); opposed to ἡ ἀλήθεια, John 8:44; Ephesians 4:25; οὐκ ἐστι ψεῦδος, opposed to ἀληθές ἐστιν, is no lie, 1 John 2:27; τέρατα ψευδοῦς (A. V. lying wonders) exhibited for the treacherous purpose of deceiving men, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; in a broad sense, whatever is not what it professes to be: so of perverse, impious, deceitful precepts, 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 John 2:21; of idolatry, Romans 1:25; ποιεῖν ψεῦδος, to act in accordance with the precepts and principles of idolatry, Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:15 (cf. Revelation 21:8 and p. 526b middle).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
8:44
Romans
1:25
Ephesians
4:25
2 Thessalonians
2:9; 2:11
1 John
2:21; 2:27
Revelation
14:5; 21:8; 21:27; 22:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5579 matches the Greek ψεῦδος (pseudos),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 - My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - (LXX 4:3) O ye sons of men, how long will ye be [fn]slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - (LXX 5:7) Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will cause judgment to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye have refused to obey these words, and have trusted in falsehood; and because thou hast murmured, and been confident in this respect:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - And for all these things faithless Juda turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - (LXX 9:2) And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - (LXX 44:14) And he said, It is false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Saruia caught Jeremias, and brought him to the princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2 - (LXX 50:2) that Azarias son of Maasæas spoke, and Joanan, the son of Careë, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremias, saying, It is false: the Lord has not sent thee to us, saying, Enter not into Egypt to dwell there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - They approach thee as a people comes together, and sit before thee, and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for there is falsehood in their mouth, and their heart goes after their pollutions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3 - They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 - (LXX 12:1) Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: but now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - ye have fled, no one pursuing you: thy spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on thee for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, that out of the dropping of this people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and [fn]afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
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