noun · masculine
pseustos
Greekψεύστης (pseustēs)
Strong’sG5583
a liar, deceiver
stem pseust-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ψεύστης, -ου, ὁ
(< ψεύδω), [in LXX: Ps 115:2 (116:11) (כֹּזֵב), Pr 19:22 Aא2 (כָּזָב), Si 15:8 25:2 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5583 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpsyoos-tace'
a falsifier
Fromfrom G5574;
King Jamesliar.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pseustos6×ψεύστης | pseustois1×ψεῦσται |
| object accusative | pseuston2×ψεύστην | pseustoin |
| direct address vocative | pseustor | pseustoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | pseustou | pseustoiu |
| to, for dative | pseusto | pseustoi1×ψεύσταις |
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
pseusto 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
Where it appears
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
pseustos“liar”subjectnominative singular6×
John 8:44“liar”vis ek tou patērou tou diabolou avō kai tain epithumiain tou patērou vu thelavō poiarō. ekeinos anthrōpoktonos ate apo archau, kai en ta alētheia ouk histanate, hoti ouk atō alētheias en auto. hotan lalateiō tem pseusem, ek teiu idieiu lalatō, hoti pseustos atō kai tos patēros auteu.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 8:55“liar”kai ouk gnōskavē auton, mis de oidamē auton; kan legameia hoti ouk oidamē auton, emi homoios vi pseustos; alla oidamē auton kai ton logon autou tēramō.You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
Romans 3:4“liar”mē ginetoia; ginetōr de tos theos alēthos, pantos de anthrōpos pseustos, kathōs grafitē; Hopōs an dikaiiseia en toi logoi su kai nikasi en te krinirō sin.Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
1 John 2:4“liar”tos legarōtos hoti Gnōskamē auton kai tain entolain autou mē tērarōtos pseustos atō, kai en houto tas alētheias ouk atō;If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:22“liar”tinos atō tos pseustos ei mē tos arnerōtos hoti Iēsus ouk atō tos christos? houtos atō tos antichristos, tos arnerōtos ton patēron kai ton huion.Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:20“liar”ean tinos legateia hoti Agapamō ton theon, kai ton adelfon autou misateiō, pseustos atō; tos gar mē agaparōtos ton adelfon autou hon horatē, ton theon hon ouk horatē ouk dunetō agaparō.If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
pseuston“liar”objectaccusative singular2×
1 John 1:10“liar”ean leganeia hoti ouk hamartanē, pseuston poianō auton kai tos logos autou ouk atō en ni.If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
1 John 5:10“liar”tos pisteuarōtos eis ton huion tou theou echatō tan marturian en heauto; tos mē pisteuarōtos to theo pseuston poiatē auton, hoti ouk pisteuatē eis tan marturian han marturatē tos theos peri tou huiou autou.Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
pseustois“liars”subjectnominative plural1×
Titus 1:12“liars”legata tinos ek autoiu, idios autoiu profētos, Krois aei pseustois, kakeim thēreim, gastērais argais;As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
pseustoi“liars”to, fordative plural1×
1 Timothy 1:10“liars”pornoi, arsenokoitoi, andrapodistoi, pseustoi, epiorkoi, kai ei tinem heterem ta hugiainarōta didaskalia antikeietō,for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching