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Strong's G5574 · Greek

ψεύδομαι

pseudomai · psyoo'-dom-ahee

middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ψεύδω (G5574)

12 ψεύδω to deceive by lies ; more freq. in the depon. mid, form ψεύδομαι (so always in NT), [in LXX chiefly for כּחשׁ pi. ;] absol., to lie : He 6:18 , I Jo 1:6 , Re 3:9 ; οὐ ψεύδομαι , Ro 9:1 , II Co 11:31 , Ga 1:20 , I Ti 2:7 c. dat. pers. ( Ps 17 (18):45 , Je 5:12 , al.), Ac 5:4 ; seq. εἰς , Col 3:9 ; κατά , Ja 3:14 (Hort, in l.). Like act., c. acc., to deceive by lies (Æsch., al.): Ac 5:3 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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