verb
pseudomarturamō
Strong’sG5576
I testify falsely
stem pseudomartur-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ψευδο-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Ex 20:16, De 5:20 (17) (ענה), Da TH Su61 AB2R (v. ψευδομάρτυς) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5576 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpsyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o
to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence
Fromfrom G5575;
King Jamesbe a false witness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
to be a false witness, bear false witness, NT+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| pseudomarturaleἐψευδομαρτύρουν | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | gave false testimony | 2× |
| pseudomarturasiψευδομαρτυρήσεις | will happen · youfuture active indicative 2nd person singular | bear false witness | 1× |
| pseudomarturaseiaψευδομαρτυρήσῃς | happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular | bear false witness | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pseudomarturamō | pseudomarturame | pseudomarturami | pseudomarturama | pseudomarturamē | pseudomarturamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | pseudomarturasō | pseudomarturase | pseudomarturasi1×ψευδομαρτυρήσεις | pseudomarturasa | pseudomarturasē | pseudomarturaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pseudomarturatō | pseudomarturate | pseudomarturati | pseudomarturata | pseudomarturatē | pseudomarturatelē |
| we 1st person plural | pseudomarturanō | pseudomarturane | pseudomarturani | pseudomarturana | pseudomarturanē | pseudomarturanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pseudomarturavō | pseudomarturave | pseudomarturavi | pseudomarturava | pseudomarturavē | pseudomarturavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | pseudomarturalō | pseudomarturale2×ἐψευδομαρτύρουν | pseudomarturali | pseudomarturala | pseudomarturalē | pseudomarturalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pseudomarturameiō | pseudomarturameia | pseudomarturameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | pseudomarturaseiō | pseudomarturaseia2×ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς | pseudomarturaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pseudomarturateiō | pseudomarturateia | pseudomarturateiē |
| we 1st person plural | pseudomarturaneiō | pseudomarturaneia | pseudomarturaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pseudomarturaveiō | pseudomarturaveia | pseudomarturaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | pseudomarturaleiō | pseudomarturaleia | pseudomarturaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pseudomarturasōr | pseudomarturasar | pseudomarturasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pseudomarturatōr | pseudomarturatar | pseudomarturatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | pseudomarturavōr | pseudomarturavar | pseudomarturavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | pseudomarturalōr | pseudomarturalar | pseudomarturalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pseudomarturamoiō | pseudomarturamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | pseudomarturasoiō | pseudomarturasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pseudomarturatoiō | pseudomarturatoia |
| we 1st person plural | pseudomarturanoiō | pseudomarturanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | pseudomarturavoiō | pseudomarturavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | pseudomarturaloiō | pseudomarturaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | pseudomarturarō | pseudomarturari | pseudomarturara | pseudomarturarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | pseudomarturarōntos | pseudomarturarintos | pseudomarturarantos | pseudomarturarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
pseudomartur 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
pseudomarturale“gave false testimony”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Mark 14:56“gave false testimony”pollois gar pseudomarturale kata autou, kai isais tais marturiais …For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.
Mark 14:57“gave false testimony”kai tinois anastēarantois pseudomarturale kata autou legarōntoisThen some men stood up and testified falsely against Him:
pseudomarturasi“bear false witness”will happen · youfuture active indicative 2nd person singular1×
Matthew 19:18… foneuasi, Ouk moicheuasi, Ouk kleptasi, Ouk pseudomarturasi,… adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
pseudomarturaseia“bear false witness”happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular2×
Mark 10:19… foneuaseia, Mē moicheuaseia, Mē kleptaseia, Mē pseudomarturaseia, Mē aposteraseia, Timasōr ton patron su …… adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your …
Luke 18:20… moicheuaseia, Mē foneuaseia, Mē kleptaseia, Mē pseudomarturaseia, Timasōr ton patron su kai tan …… murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”