ψευδής, ψευδές (ψεύδομαι), from Homer, Iliad4, 235 down, lying, deceitful, false: Rev_2:2; μάρτυρες, Act_6:13; substantively οἱ ψευδεῖς (A. V. liars), Rev_21:8 (here Lachmann ψεύστης, which see).

ψευδής pseudēs 3x false, lying, Act_6:13 ; Rev_2:2 ; in NT pl. maintainers of religious falsehood, corrupters of the truth of God, Rev_21:8

ψευδής , -ές ( < ψεύδομαι ), [in LXX for H8267 , H7723 , H3577 ; etc.;] lying, false, untrue (of persons and things): Rev_2:2 ; μάρτυρες , Act_6:13 ; as subst ., ὁ ψ ., a liar: Rev_21:8 .†

ψευδής [page 697] false, untrue : P Cairo Zen II. 59140 .14 (B.C. 256) γνώριζε οὖν Κριτίαν γράφοντά σοι ψευδῆ , P Tebt I. 73 .6 (B.C. 113 11) ἀνεν̣ηνέχθ̣αι ἐν ψευ [δ ]έσι , and BGU III. 1011 ii. 16 (ii/B.C.) διότι γὰρ πολ [λὰ ] ληρώι [δη ] καὶ ψευδῆ προσα̣γ̣[γ ]έλ̣[λε ]ται κατανοεῖς καὶ αὐτός . Exx. of a later date seem to be rare, but cf. OGIS 669 .54 (i/A.D.) ἐάν τι εὑρεθῶσι ψευδὲς ἤ <ι > παρὰ τὸ δέον παραγεγραφότες , and CPR I. 232 .10 (ii/iii A.D.) ψευδεῖς αἰτίας ἡμῖν ἐπιφέρειν . The word is supplied in the Byzantine papyrus P Masp III. 67295 .6 . For the adj. ψευδοπόρφυρος , of false purple, see P Oxy VII. 1051 .15 (iii/A.D.).

ψευδής ψευδής, ές [Etym: ψεύδομαι] "lying, false", Lat. mendax, Hes. , etc.; ἐπὶ ψευδῆ ὁδὸν τρέπεσθαι to betake oneself to "lying" ways, Hdt. of persons, "lying", and as Subst. "a liar", οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ᾽ ἀρωγός Zeus will not assist "lying men" (others read ἐπὶ ψεύδεσσι from ψεῦδος, will not assist "lies);" ψ. φαίνεσθαι to be detected "in falsehood", Thuc. τὰ ψευδῆ "falsehoods, lies", ψευδῆ λέγειν Aesch. , Ar. pass. "belied, beguiled, deceived", Eur. adv. "falsely", id=Eur. , Thuc.

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)