ψεῦδος pseudos

Greek word for “lie” · Strong’s G5579 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ψεῦδος, -εος (-ους), τό;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pseudos in context, with how often each is used:

• falsehood 5
• lie 4
• false 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Thessalonians 2 (2), 1 John 2 (2), John 8 (1), Romans 1 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Revelation 14 (1), Revelation 21 (1), Revelation 22 (1)

Forms

• ψεῦδος 7
• ψεύδει 2
• ψεύδους 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pseudos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 4
• ἐνέργεια energeia “active energy” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 2

Key verses

The verses using pseudos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no…
• Romans 1:25 — Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
• Ephesians 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11 — And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• 1 John 2:21 — I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
• 1 John 2:27 — But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,…
• Revelation 14:5 — And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
• Revelation 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the…
• Revelation 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.