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G5575 ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomártyr)
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ψευδόμαρτυς, υρος, ὁ n.m. a false witness

Strong's Definition

from 5571 and a kindred form of 3144; a spurious witness, i.e. bearer of untrue testimony

KJV Usage: false witness

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -υρος | ψευδομαρτυρέω

33.273 · Communication · Witness, Testify

false witness (derivative of ψευδομαρτυρέω ‘to testify falsely,’ 33.271) one who testifies falsely The focal element in the evidence provided by a ‘false witness’ is the fact that what is said is not true.
It is also possible that such a person has pretended to have been present and thus an eyewitness of an event, but that is not the focus of the meaning. In fact, a false witness may have been present but at the same time may later provide false evidence as to what took place. It is possible to render ψευδόμαρτυς in some languages as ‘one who pretends to know about something but is really lying in what he says’ or ‘one who lies about what he pretends to have seen.’

MAT 26:60 · 1CO 15:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ψευδόμαρτυς pseudomartys 2x

a false witness, Mt. 26:60 (2x); 1 Cor. 15:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† ψευδο-μάρτυς, -υρος, ὁ

[in LXX: Da LXX Su 60, TH ib. 61 Bl * ;]

a false witness: Mt 26:60; c. gen. obj. (v. WM, § 30, 1a), I Co 15:15.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomartur) — false witness. ψευδομάρτυς, ῠρος, ὁ, false witness, plural in [Refs 5th c.BC+] false witnesses about God, [NT]; as adjective, τὰν δίκαν τὰν ψευδομάρτυρα the action for false witness, [Refs].with l. 8; ψ. τιμαί honours attesting no real merit, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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