Quick Definition
ψευδομαρτυρέω v. I testify falsely
Strong's Definition
from 5575; to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence
KJV Usage: be a false witness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ψεύδομαι + μαρτυρέω
33.271 · Communication · Witness, Testify
to give false witness, to testify falsely to provide a false or untrue witness A person who gives false witness may deceive in two aspects, (1) in pretending to have been an eyewitness to an event and (2) in saying what is not true, but the focal element in ψευδομαρτυρέω is the fact that what is said is not true.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ψευδο-μαρτυρέω, -d: impf. ἐψευδομαρτύρουν ; fut. ψευδομαρτυρήσω ; 1 aor. subj. 2 pers. sing. ψευδομαρμτυρήσῃς ; to utter falsehoods in giving testimony, to testify falsely, to bear false witness, (Xen. mem. 4, 4, 11; Plat. rep. 9, p- 575 b.; legg. 11 p. 937 ¢.; Aristot. rhet. 1, 14, 6 p. 1375%, 12; [rhet. ad Alex. 16 p. 1432", 6]; Joseph. antt. 3, 5,5): Mt. xix. 18; [Mk. x. 19]; Lk. xviii. 20; Ro. xiii. 9 Ree.; κατά τινος, Mk. xiv. 56 sq. (as Ex. xx. 16; Deut. v. 20).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ψευδομαρτυρέω pseudomartyreō 5x
to bear false witness, give false testimony, Mt. 19:18; Mk. 10:19; 14:56, 57; Lk. 18:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ψευδο-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Ex 20:16, De 5:20 (17) (ענה), Da TH Su61 AB2R (v. ψευδομάρτυς) * ;]
to bear false witness: Mt 19:18, Mk 10:19, Lk 18:20 (LXX); seq. κατά, c. gen. pers., Mk 14:56, 57 (Xen., Plat., al.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ψευδομαρτυρέω, “bear false witness’’ (Mt 1018 a@/.): cf. the compd. ψευδογραφέω in P Tebt I. 7817 (B.c. 110-8) μηθὲν ἐψ[εῖυδογραφηκέναι, ““1 have made no false statement” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ψευδομαρτυρέω (pseudomartureō) — to perjure. ψευδομαρτῠρ-έω, to be a false witness, bear false witness, [NT+5th c.BC+]