Word

ψευδομαρτυρέω

pseudomartyréō · G5576 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to give false witness, to testify falsely

To provide a false or untrue witness

Examples
Matthew 19:18 Then he said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY;
Mark 10:19 “You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”
Mark 14:56 For many people were giving false testimony against Him, and so their testimonies were not consistent.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 3
πολύςmany 1
τὶςsomeone 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

κατάaccording to, against, down+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

μήnot 2
οὐnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To give false witness, to testify falsely33.271: Mark 14:56 recounts that at Jesus’ trial, “many people were giving false testimony against Him, and so their testimonies were not consistent.”

Word family 16 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ψεύδομαι pseúdomai · G5574 · to lie, to tell falsehoods · 12×ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophḗtēs · G5578 · false prophet · 11×ψεῦδος pseûdos · G5579 · lie, falsehood · 10×ψεύστης pseústēs · G5583 · liar · 10×ψευδομαρτυρέωpseudomartyréō · G5576ψευδής pseudḗs · G5571 · liar · 3×ψευδάδελφος pseudádelphos · G5569 · false brother · 2×ψευδομάρτυρ pseudomártyr · G5575 · false witness · 2×ψευδομαρτυρία pseudomartyría · G5577 · false testimony · 2×ψευδόχριστος pseudóchristos · G5580 · false Christ, false Messiah · 2×ἀψευδής apseudḗs · G893 · truthful · 1×ψευδαπόστολος pseudapóstolos · G5570 · false apostle · 1×ψευδοδιδάσκαλος pseudodidáskalos · G5572 · false teacher, teacher of what is a lie · 1×ψευδολόγος pseudológos · G5573 · liar · 1×ψευδώνυμος pseudṓnymos · G5581 · falsely called, falsely named · 1×ψεῦσμα pseûsma · G5582 · lie, falsehood · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ψευδομαρτύρω: imperfect ἐψευδομαρτυρου; future ψευδομαρτυρήσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 2…

ψευδομαρτύρω: imperfect ἐψευδομαρτυρου; future ψευδομαρτυρήσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person singular ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς; to utter falsehoods in giving testimony, to testify falsely, to bear false witness (Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 11; Plato, rep. 9, p. 575 b.; legg. 11, p. 937 c.; Aristotle, rhet. 1, 14, 6, p. 1375a, 12; (rhet. ad Alex. 16, p. 1432a, 6); Josephus, Antiquities 3, 5, 5): Mt 19:18; (Mk 10:19); Lk 18:20; Rom 13:9 Rec.; κατά τίνος, Mk 14:56f (as Ex 20:16; Deut 5:20).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Witness, Testify5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0