Strong's Greek: 5575ψευδομάρτυρ () -- Liar

Strong's Lexicon

pseustēs: Liar

Original Word: ψεύστης
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: pseustēs
Pronunciation: psyoo'-stace
Phonetic Spelling: (psyoo-dom-ar'-toor)
Definition: Liar
Meaning: a false witness.

Word Origin: Derived from ψεύδομαι (pseudomai), meaning "to lie" or "to deceive."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with lying is שֶׁקֶר (sheqer), Strong's Hebrew 8267, which means falsehood or deception.

Usage: The term "ψεύστης" refers to someone who speaks falsehoods, a deceiver, or one who does not tell the truth. In the New Testament, it is used to describe individuals who are untruthful or who deny the truth of God and His Word.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, truthfulness was a valued virtue, and lying was often associated with moral corruption. In Jewish culture, truth was deeply connected to the character of God, who is seen as the ultimate source of truth. Thus, being a "liar" was not only a social failing but also a spiritual one, as it opposed the nature of God.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5575: ψευδομαρτυρ

ψευδομαρτυρ, unless more correctly ψευδόμαρτυς or rather ψευδόμαρτυς (as ἀυτομαρτυρ; see Passow, under the word, ψευδόμαρτυς (especially Lob. Paralip., p. 217; cf. Etym. Magn. 506, 26)), ψευδομαρτυρος, ὁ, (ψευδής and μάρτυρ (which see)), a false witness: Matthew 26:60; τοῦ θεοῦ, false witnesses of i. e. concerning God (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.), 1 Corinthians 15:15. (Plato, Gorgias, p. 472b.; Aristotle, pol. 2, 9, 8 (p. 1274b, 6; but the true reading here is ψευδομαρτυριων (see Bentley's Works, Dyce edition, vol. i., p. 408); a better example is Aristotle, rhet. ad Alex. 16, p. 1432{a}, 6; cf. Plutarch, praec. ger. reip. 29, 1; Apostolic Constitutions 5, 9; Pollux 6, 36, 153).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

false witness.

From pseudes and a kindred form of martus; a spurious witness, i.e. Bearer of untrue testimony -- false witness.

see GREEK pseudes

see GREEK martus

Forms and Transliterations

ψευδομαρτυρες ψευδομάρτυρες ψευδομαρτυρων ψευδομαρτύρων pseudomartures pseudomarturon pseudomarturōn pseudomartyres pseudomártyres pseudomartyron pseudomartyrōn pseudomartýron pseudomartýrōn

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