ψεύστης
pseustēs
“liar”
Definition
a falsifier
from G5574 (ψεύδομαι);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ψεύστης appears 10 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written:“So that You may be proved right when You speakand victorious when You judge.”
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