STRONGS G5574:
ψεύδομαι; 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 (
Ps. 18:45); Psalm 77:36 (
Ps. 78:36); Psalm 88:36 (
Ps. 89:36);
Joshua 24:27; (
Jeremiah 5:12), etc.);
εἰς τινα,
Colossians 3:9;
κατά τίνος, against one,
Matthew 5:11 (
L G omit;
Tr marginal reading brackets
ψευδόμενοι; others connect
καθ' ὑμῶν with
εἴπωσι and make
ψευδόμενοι a simple adjunct of mode (
A. V. falsely));
κατά τῆς ἀληθείας,
James 3:14 (here
Tdf. makes
ψεύδεσθε absolutely; cf.
Winers Grammar, 470 (438) n. 3). (The
Sept. for
כִּחִשׁ and
כִּזֵּב.)
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