- ψεύδομαι
- ψεύδομαι in our lit. only mid. (Hom.+); fut. ψεύσομαι; 1 aor. ἐψευσάμην; pf. 2 sg. ἔψευσμαι (Sus 55 LXX; Sus 59 Theod.). Pass.: aor. inf. ψευσθῆναι (Mel., P. 26, 183), ptc. ψευσθείς (Just., D. 134, 3); pf. ptc. ἐψευσμένος (Tat. 16, 1).① to tell a falsehood, lie abs. (X., Mem. 2, 6, 36; Aristot., EN 2, 7; 4, 7 et al.; Pr 14:5; TestAbr B 13 p. 118, 3 [Stone p. 84]; TestJos 13:9; ApcSed 7:8; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 124; Just., D. 117, 4; Tat. 32, 1) Mt 5:11; Hb 6:18 (θεόν is subj. acc.); 1J 1:6; Rv 3:9; 1 Cl 27:2abc (Artem. 2, 69 p. 161, 15 ἀλλότριον θεῶν τὸ ψεύδεσθαι); Hm 3:2. As a formula of affirmation οὐ ψεύδομαι (Jos., Vi. 296; cp. Plut., Mor. 1059a) Ro 9:1; 2 Cor 11:31; Gal 1:20; 1 Ti 2:7. εἴς τινα tell lies against someone, i.e. to that person’s detriment (Sus 55 LXX) Col 3:9. κατά τινος against someth. κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας against the truth Js 3:14 (cp. Bel 11 Theod.). The pers. who is harmed by the lie can be added in the dat. (Ps 17:45; 88:36; Josh 24:27; Jer 5:12; JosAs 24:6) οὐκ ἀνθρώποις ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ Ac 5:4. πάντα in every particular 14:19 v.l. (Tat. 22, 2). τὶ in any point Papias (2:15).② to attempt to deceive by lying, tell lies to, impose upon τινὰ someone (Eur., X. et al.; Plut., Alcib. 206 [26, 8], Marcell. 314 [27, 7]; Jos., Ant. 3, 273; 13, 25; PSI 232, 10) Ac 5:3 (Appian, Liby. 27 §113 τίς σε δαίμων ἔβλαψε … ψεύσασθαι θεοὺς οὓς ὤμοσας;=‘what evil spirit beguiled you … to lie to the gods by whom you swore?’; Tat. 19, 3 ἑαυτόν); 1 Cl 15:4 (Ps 77:36, but w. αὐτῷ).—DELG. M-M. TW.
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