Pseúdomai — G5574

G5574 · Greek — ψεύδομαι

Pronunciation: psyoo'-dom-ahee

Definition

verb

to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood

  1. to lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods

Usually translated as

lie, falsely

Origin

middle voice of an apparently primary verb

Occurrences

Pseúdomai occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 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)

Strong's Lexicon — P