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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 23 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 - “You have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O sons of men, how long will my [fn]honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - You destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:22 - For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with [fn]Sheol we have made a [fn]pact.
The overwhelming [fn]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - “I will make justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He [fn]feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver [fn]himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - “Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in deception,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - “Surely, the hills are a deception,
A tumult on the mountains.
Surely in the LORD our God
Is the salvation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - “They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - But Jeremiah said, “A lie! I am not [fn]going over to the Chaldeans”; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2 - Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - “They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.
They employ violence, so that bloodshed [fn]follows bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3 - With their wickedness they make the king glad,
And the princes with their lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 - [fn]Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - “If a man walking after wind and falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will [fn]speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’
He would be [fn]spokesman to this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - “I will make it go forth,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the [fn]orphan, and those who turn aside the [fn]alien and do not [fn]fear Me,” says the LORD of hosts.
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