Lexical Summary pseudomai: to lie Original Word: ψεύδομαιTransliteration: pseudomai Phonetic Spelling: (psyoo'-dom-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to lie Meaning: to lie Strong's Concordance to lie, speak falselyMiddle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood -- falsely, lie. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5574: ψεύδομαιψεύδομαι; 1 aorist ἐψευσάμην; (deponent middle of ψεύδω (allied with ψιθυρίζω etc. (Vanicek, p. 1195)) 'to deceive', 'cheat'; hence, properly, to show oneself deceitful, to play false); from Homer down; to lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods: Hebrews 6:18; 1 John 1:6; Revelation 3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Romans 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 1:20; 1 Timothy 2:7; τινα, to deceive one by a lie, to lie to (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plutarch, others): Acts 5:3; like verbs of saying, with a dative of the person (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 1; Green, p. 100f), Acts 5:4 (Psalm 17:45 |
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