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To lie

ψεύδομαιStrong’s G5574

pseudomai

Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament

In short

Pseudomai is the Greek word usually translated “am lying”, “do lie” and “lying”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.

“Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.”
1 Timothy 2:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “am lying”, “do lie” and “lying”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i am lying 2
  • do lie 2
  • lying 1
  • to lie to 1
  • you have lied 1
  • i lie 1
  • i do lie 1
  • to lie 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 2
  • Matthew 1
  • Romans 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • Galatians 1
  • Colossians 1

11 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 12 verses, by book
Matthew 1
5:11
Acts 2
5:35:4
Romans 1
9:1
2 Corinthians 1
11:31
Galatians 1
1:20
Colossians 1
3:9
1 Timothy 1
2:7
Hebrews 1
6:18
James 1
3:14
1 John 1
1:6
Revelation 1
3:9
Greek dictionary

ψεύδομαι pseudomai · to lie

ψεύδω to deceive by lies; more frequently in the depon. mid, form ψεύδομαι (so always in NT), [in LXX chiefly for כָּחַשׁ pi. ;] 1. absol., to lie: Heb.6:18, 1Jn.1:6, Rev.3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Rom.9:1, 2Co.11:31, Gal.1:20, 1Ti.2:7 with dative of person(s) (Psa.18:45, Jhn.5:12, al.), Act.5:4; before εἰς, Col.3:9; κατά, Jas.3:14 (Hort, in l). 2. Like act., with accusative, to deceive by lies (Æsch., al.): Act.5:3.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lie” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LIE, noun

  1. A criminal falsehood; a falsehood uttered for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth.
  2. A fiction; in a ludicrous sense.
  3. False doctrine. 1
  4. An idolatrous picture of God, or a false god. Romans 1:25
All definitions and other forms of “lie”
  1. That which deceives and disappoints confidence.

LIE, verb intransitive

  1. To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive, or with an immoral design.“Thou hast not lied to men, but to God” Acts 5:4
  2. To exhibit a false representation; to say or do that which deceives another, when he has a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

LIE, verb intransitive

preterit tense lay; participle passive lain, [lien, obsolete ] [The Gr. word usually signifies to speak, which is to utter or throw out sounds. Hence to lie down is to throw one's self down, and probably lie and lay are of one family, as are jacio and jacceo, in Latin.]

  1. To be in a horizontal position, or nearly so, and to rest on any thing lengthwise, and not on the end.
  2. To rest in an inclining posture; to lean; as, to lie on or against a column.
  3. To rest; to press on.
  4. To be reposited in the grave.“All the kings of the earth, even all of them, lie in glory” Isaiah 14:18
  5. To rest on a bed or couch; to be prostrate; as, to lie sick.“My little daughter lieth at the point of death” Mark 5:23
  6. To be situated.
  7. To be; to rest; to abide; to remain; often followed by some word denoting a particular condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie pining or grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of a creditor, or at the mercy of the waves.
  8. To consist.
  9. To be sustainable in law; to be capable of being maintained.
  10. To lie by, to be reposited, or remaining with.
  11. To rest; to intermit labor.
  12. To lie with, to lodge or sleep with; also, to have carnal knowledge of.
  13. To belong to.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.