Greek noun (neuter) · G5579
ψεῦδος
pseudospsyoo'-dos
lie
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pseûdos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5579is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5579
a falsehood
The King James renders it: lie, lying.
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
pseudos is rendered "lie". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44ψεῦδος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's ten uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- falsehood4
- a lie3
- false1
- lie1
- of falsehood1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ψεύδομαι | pseudomai | to lie | Uses12 |
| ψευδοπροφήτης | pseudoprophetes | false prophet | Uses11 |
| 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 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- ψεῦδος6
- ψεύδει2
- ψεῦδος.¶1
- ψεύδους1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular4N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3N-NSN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular2N-DSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1N-GSN
John
one use
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- ψεῦδοςpseudosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: falsehood
Romans
one use
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
- ψεύδειpseudeinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: falsehood
Ephesians
one use
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- ψεῦδοςpseudosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: falsehood
2 Thessalonians
two uses
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- ψεύδουςpseudousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of falsehood
For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
- ψεύδειpseudeinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: false
1 John
two uses
I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
- ψεῦδοςpseudosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: lie
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
- ψεῦδοςpseudosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a lie
Revelation
three uses
And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
- ψεῦδοςpseudosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a lie
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- ψεῦδοςpseudosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a lie
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- ψεῦδος.¶pseudosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: falsehood
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.