pseudos · lie

What it means

pseudos (ψεῦδος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lie”.

Falsehood; the opposite of truth.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Something untrue.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• lie ×6
• falsehood ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×1
• Romans×1
• Ephesians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• 1 John×2
• Revelation×3

• John 8:44

  You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of it.

• Romans 1:25

  for they exchanged the truth of God for the lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

• Ephesians 4:25

  Therefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth, each one with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:9

  whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:11

  And for this reason God sends them a working of error, so that they believe the lie,

• 1 John 2:21

  I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

• 1 John 2:27

  And as for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, remain in him.

• Revelation 14:5

  and in their mouth no lie was found; they are without defect.

• Revelation 21:27

  And nothing unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination and falsehood, but only those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

• Revelation 22:15

  Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who holds dear and practices falsehood.