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Lexicon :: Strong's G5574 - pseudomai

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ψεύδομαι
Transliteration
pseudomai (Key)
Pronunciation
psyoo'-dom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of an apparently primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:594,1339

Strong’s Definitions

†ψεύδομαι pseúdomai, psyoo'-dom-ahee; middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood:—falsely, lie.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G5574 in the following manner: lie (11x), falsely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G5574 in the following manner: lie (11x), falsely (1x).

  1. to lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods

  2. to deceive one by a lie, to lie to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ψεύδομαι pseúdomai, psyoo'-dom-ahee; middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood:—falsely, lie.
STRONGS G5574:
ψεύδομαι; 1 aorist ἐψευσάμην; (deponent middle of ψεύδω (allied with ψιθυρίζω etc. (Vanicek, p. 1195)) 'to deceive', 'cheat'; hence, properly, to show oneself deceitful, to play false); from Homer down; to lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods: Hebrews 6:18; 1 John 1:6; Revelation 3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Romans 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 2:7; τινα, to deceive one by a lie, to lie to (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plutarch, others): Acts 5:3; like verbs of saying, with a dative of the person (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 1; Green, p. 100f), Acts 5:4 (Psalm 17:45 (Ps. 18:45); Psalm 77:36 (Ps. 78:36); Psalm 88:36 (Ps. 89:36); Joshua 24:27; (Jeremiah 5:12), etc.); εἰς τινα, Colossians 3:9; κατά τίνος, against one, Matthew 5:11 (L G omit; Tr marginal reading brackets ψευδόμενοι; others connect καθ' ὑμῶν with εἴπωσι and make ψευδόμενοι a simple adjunct of mode (A. V. falsely)); κατά τῆς ἀληθείας, James 3:14 (here Tdf. makes ψεύδεσθε absolutely; cf. Winers Grammar, 470 (438) n. 3). (The Sept. for כִּחִשׁ and כִּזֵּב.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
24:27
Psalms
18:45; 78:36; 89:36
Jeremiah
5:12
Matthew
5:11
Acts
5:3; 5:4
Romans
9:1
2 Corinthians
11:31
Galatians
1:20
Colossians
3:9
1 Timothy
2:7
Hebrews
6:18
James
3:14
1 John
1:6
Revelation
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5574 matches the Greek ψεύδομαι (pseudomai),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:3 - But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:4 - While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:1 - I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:31 - The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:20 - (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:9 - Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self[fn] with its practices

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:7 - For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:14 - But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:9 - Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.
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