- ψεῦδος
- ψεῦδος, ους, τό (Hom.+; SIG 1268, 27; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 110 A, 18 [110 B.C.]; LXX, En, Test12Patr; ParJer 4:5; EpArist; Philo; Jos., Vi. 336; Mel., HE 4, 26, 9; Ath., R. 1 p. 48, 4 al.) a lie, falsehood. Gener. (opp. ἀλήθεια, as Pla., Hippias Minor 370e; Plut., Mor. 16a; EpArist 206; Philo; TestDan 1:3; 2:1 al.) ἀποθέμενοι τὸ ψεῦδος λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν Eph 4:25; cp. D 5:2; B 20:2 (here the v.l. pl. ψεύδη). In a catalogue of vices Hm 8:5; cp. Hs 9, 15, 3 (personified). The sing. used collectively τὸ ψεῦδος lies, lying (opp. ἀληθές) m 3:3; but 3:5 pl. ψεύδη.—Of God (ἀληθινὸς καὶ) οὐδὲν παρʼ αὐτῷ ψεῦδος 3:1. In contrast, lying is characteristic of the devil J 8:44 (cp. Porphyr., Abst. 2, 42 of evil divinities: τὸ ψεῦδος τούτοις οἰκεῖον=lying is their habit). For this transcendently conceived contrast betw. ψεῦδος and ἀλήθεια cp. 2 Th 2:11 (12); 1J 2:21, 27. It is said of polytheists that μετήλλαξαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ψεύδει (s. μεταλλάσσω and cp. for the use of ψεῦδος as abstract for concrete Jer 3:10; 13:25) Ro 1:25. But of the 144,000 sealed ones of Rv ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν οὐχ εὑρέθη ψεῦδος 14:5. The Lawless One appears w. τέρατα ψεύδους deceptive wonders 2 Th 2:9. ποιεῖν ψεῦδος practice (the things that go with) falsehood Rv 21:27; 22:15.—WLuther, ‘Wahrheit u. Lüge’ im ältesten Griechentum ’35.—B. 1170. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.
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