adjective

pseudos

Greekψευδής (pseudēs)

Strong’sG5571

false, deceitful, lying

stem pseud-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

false2×liars1×

What it means

ψευδής, -ές

(< ψεύδομαι), [in LXX for שֶׁקֶר, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב; etc.;]

lying, false, untrue (of persons and things): Re 2:2; μάρτυρες, Ac 6:13; as subst., ὁ ψ., a liar: Re 21:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5571 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpsyoo-dace'

untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful, wicked

Fromfrom G5574;

King Jamesfalse, liar.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	pseudos	pseudas	pseudem	pseudois	pseudais	pseudeim
object accusative	pseudon	pseudan		pseudoin2×ψευδεῖς	pseudain
direct address vocative	pseudor	pseudar		pseudoir	pseudair
of, belonging to genitive	pseudou	pseudau	pseudeu	pseudoiu	pseudaiu	pseudeiu
to, for dative	pseudo	pseuda	pseude	pseudoi1×ψευδέσιν	pseudai	pseudei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

pseudstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pseud is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

pseudemō — ψεύδομαι, I lie

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

pseudoin“false”objectaccusative plural2×

Acts 6:13“false”histanala tē marturoin pseudoin legarōtoin; Tos anthrōpos houtos ouk pauetō lalarōtos rēmeim kata tou topou tou hagiou kai tou nomou,where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Revelation 2:2“false”Oidamē teim ergeim su, kai ton kopon kai tan hupomonan su, kai hoti ouk dunesō bastazara kakoin, kai peirazasa toin legarōtoin heautoin apostoloin, kai ouk alō, kai heuriskasa autoin pseudoin;I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

pseudoi“liars”to, fordative plural1×

Revelation 21:8“liars”toi de deiloi kai apistoi kai bdelusserētoi kai foneuoi kai pornoi kai farmakoi kai eidōlolatroi kai pantoi toi pseudoi tem merem autoiu en ta limna ta kaiirōta pure kai theie, hem atō tos thanatos tos deuteros.But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”