noun · neuter
pseudem
Strong’sG5579
a lie
stem pseud-10 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books3 of 6 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.
ψεῦδος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶר, also for כַּחַשׁ, כָּזָב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5579 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpsyoo'-dos
a falsehood
Fromfrom G5574;
King Jameslie, lying.
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
Epic dialect dative plural ψεύδεσσι, see at {ψευδής} I.2: (ψεύδω):— falsehood, lie, ψεύδεα.. ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα Refs 8th c.BC+; εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί whether the promise be a lie or no, Refs 8th c.BC+; ψ. ποικίλα, αἰόλον ψ., Refs; ψ. γλυκύ a sweet deceit, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 in Logic, false conclusion, fallacy, συλλογισμὸς τοῦ ψεύδους Refs 4th c.BC+; συμβαίνει ψ.Refs —in “NT” of what is opposed to religious truth, false doctrine, NT; ποιῶν βδέλυγμα καὶ ψ., i.e. doing what is repugnant to the true faith, NT; of false anatomical doctrine, τὸ οἴεσθαι.. ψ. ἐστι Refs 2nd c.AD+
II in Refs 3rd c.BC+ are spots, pimples on the nose; supposed to be characteristic of liars, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]); compare ψυδράκιον.
II.2 white spots on the fingernails, Refs 3rd c.AD+
III In Refs 5th c.BC+; so almost like an adjective (compare ψευδής [near the start]), ὄνομα ψεῦδος καὶ ἀληθὲς λέγειν Refs 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | pseudem3×ψεῦδος | pseudeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | pseudeu1×ψεύδους | pseudeiu |
| to, for dative | pseude2×ψεύδει | 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
pseude 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.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
pseudem“lie”subject or objectdirect singular3×
1 John 2:21… hoti oidavē autan, kai hoti pantem pseudem ek tau alētheiau ouk atō.… you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 John 2:27“lie”… kai alēthem atō kai ouk atō pseudem, kai kathōs didaskata vin, menavō en …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.
Revelation 14:5… en te stome autoiu ouk heuriskita pseudem; amōmois alō.And no lie was found in their mouths; they …
pseudeu“lying”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Thessalonians 2:9“lying”… panta dunamia kai sēmei kai teratei pseudeu… kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
pseude“lie”to, fordative singular2×
Romans 1:25… tan alētheian tou theou en te pseude, kai sebazila kai latreuala ta ktisia …… the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature …
2 Thessalonians 2:11… planau eis tem pisteuara autoin te pseude,… delusion so that they believe the lie,
pseudem4×
John 8:44“lie”… alētheias en auto. hotan lalateiō tem pseudem, ek teiu idieiu lalatō, hoti pseustos …… 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 …
Ephesians 4:25Dio apotitherantois tem pseudem lalavōr alētheian hekastos meta tou plēsion …… each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor …
Revelation 21:27“falsehood”… pantem koinem kai poiarōntos bdelugmem kai pseudem, ei mē tois graforēntois en te …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 …
Revelation 22:15… eidōlolatrois kai pantos filarōntos kai poiarōntos pseudem.… and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.