false

Greek Adjective

ψευδής, -ές (ψεύδομαι), [in LXX for שֶׁקֶר, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב; etc;] lying, false, untrue (of persons and things): Rev.2:2; μάρτυρες, Act.6:13; as subst, ὁ ψ, a liar: Rev.21:8. (AS)

false

Greek Adjective

ψευδής, ές (the neuter singular ψευδές is not found in early writers, ψεῦδος being used instead, compare ψεῦδος 111; it is found in later Gr, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; old Attic dialect accusative plural ψευδᾶς [Refs]: (ψεύδομαι):— lying, false, untrue, of things, opposed to ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν to betake oneself to falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι, false charges, [Refs 5th c.BC+] are also fallacies, in Logic, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία this unreal Being (i.e. the world of sense), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος, εἴδη [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) of persons, lying, false, and as substantive, liar, οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ᾽ ἀρωγός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; perhaps ψεύδεσσι from ψεῦδος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψ. φανήσεσθαι to be detected in falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος arrant liar, [Refs] 3) τὰ ψευδῆ falsehoods, lies, οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) ψευδέων ἀγορή, in [Refs 5th c.BC+]. ή, ιβ, said to be a name of the monkey-market, perhaps as being villanous counterfeits of humanity. II) passive, beguiled, deceived, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) adverb ψευδῶς falsely, λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mistakenly, ψ. δοξάζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]groundlessly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful, wicked; false, liar; from g5574 (ψεύδομαι)