Greek verb · G5574
ψεύδομαι
pseudomaipsyoo'-dom-ahee
absol.; Like act., with accusative
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pseúdomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5574is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5574
to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood
The King James renders it: falsely, lie.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pseudomai is rendered "absol.; Like act., with accusative". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "absol.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Matthew 5:11ψευδόμενοι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: absol., and Like act., with accusative.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| absol.to lie | Tagged as
and 1 more, 11 uses in all | WhereRomans 9:1I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit. |
| Like act., with accusativeto deceive by lies (Æsch. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ψευδοπροφήτης | pseudoprophetes | false prophet | Uses11 |
| ψεῦδος | pseudos | lie | Uses10 |
| ψευδομαρτυρέω | pseudomartyreo | to perjure | Uses5 |
| ψευδής | pseudes | false | Uses3 |
| ψευδάδελφος | pseudadelphos | false brother | Uses2 |
| ψευδομάρτυρ | pseudomartyr | false witness | Uses2 |
| ψευδόχριστος | pseudochristos | false Christ | Uses2 |
| ψευδομαρτυρία | pseudomartyria | false testimony | Uses2 |
| ψευδολόγος | pseudologos | lying | Uses1 |
| ψευδώνυμος | pseudonymos | falsely called | Uses1 |
| ψευδαπόστολος | pseudapostolos | false apostle | Uses1 |
| ψευδοδιδάσκαλος | pseudodidaskalos | false teacher | Uses1 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ψεύδομαι3
- ψεύδεσθε2
- ἐψεύσω1
- ψεύδομαι.¶1
- ψευδόμεθα1
- ψευδόμενοι1
- ψεύδονται1
- ψεύσασθαι1
- ψεύσασθαί1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular4V-PNI-1S
- verb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)2V-ADN
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person plural2V-PNM-2P
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-ADI-2S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PNI-1P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PNI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PNP-NPM
Matthew
one use
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- ψευδόμενοιpseudomenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: lying
Acts
two uses
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
- ψεύσασθαίpseusasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lie to
Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
- ἐψεύσωepseusoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have lied
Romans
one use
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
- ψεύδομαιpseudomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am lying
2 Corinthians
one use
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
- ψεύδομαι.¶pseudomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am lying
Galatians
one use
I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
- ψεύδομαιpseudomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I lie
Colossians
one use
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- ψεύδεσθεpseudestheverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do lie
1 Timothy
one use
For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
- ψεύδομαιpseudomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do lie —
Hebrews
one use
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- ψεύσασθαιpseusasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lie
James
one use
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- ψεύδεσθεpseudestheverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do lie
1 John
one use
If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- ψευδόμεθαpseudomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we lie
Revelation
one use
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
- ψεύδονταιpseudontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they lie —
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.