pseudomai · lie

What it means

pseudomai (ψεύδομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lie”.

To lie.

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. To say something untrue on purpose.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

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

• lie ×5
• lying ×5
• falsely ×1
• lied to ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Acts×2
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 5:11

  Happy are you when they insult you and persecute you and say every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.

• Acts 5:3

  But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back part of the price of the land?

• Acts 5:4

  While it remained unsold, did it not remain yours? And after it was sold, was it not under your authority? Why did you put this deed in your heart? You did not lie to people but to God.”

• Romans 9:1

  I am telling the truth in the Messiah; I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

• 2 Corinthians 11:31

  The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

• Galatians 1:20

  Now in what I am writing to you, look, before God, I am not lying.

• Colossians 3:9

  Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old man with its practices,

• 1 Timothy 2:7

  For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.

• Hebrews 6:18

  so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge may have strong comfort to hold on to the hope set before us.

• James 3:14

  But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

• 1 John 1:6

  If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not do the truth;

• Revelation 3:9

  Look, I am handing over some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying; look, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and know that I have loved you.