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μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς

Witness · false

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μάρτυς G3144 witness
Pronunciation mártys
One who testifies to facts personally observed, especially Christ's resurrection or God's character in covenant.
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ψευδής G5571 false
Pronunciation pseudḗs
Describes both deceitful persons and false claims; fundamentally emphasizes untrustworthiness rather than mere error.
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What does μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς (martyras pseudeis) mean in the Bible?

μάρτυς · ψευδής is a Greek word meaning "False witnesses".

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Meaning

False witnesses
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 11:48 · Luke 24:48 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 3:15 · Acts 5:32 · Acts 7:58 · Acts 10:39 · Acts 13:31 · 1 Thess 2:10 10×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:15 · Rom 1:9 · Phil 1:8 · 1 Thess 2:5 · 1 Pet 5:1 · Rev 1:5 · Rev 2:13 · Rev 3:14 8×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 18:16 · Matt 26:65 · Mark 14:63 · 2 Cor 13:1 · 1 Tim 5:19 · 1 Tim 6:12 · 2 Tim 2:2 · Heb 12:1 · Rev 17:6 9×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:20 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 10:41 · Heb 10:28 · Rev 11:3 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 1:22 · Acts 26:16 · 2 Cor 1:23 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 6:13 1×
35 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 1 — The Risen Christ Commissions His Waiting Witnesses Acts 10 — God Opens the Gospel Door to the Gentiles Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 26 — Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles Acts 6 — Word Ministry, Servant Leadership, and Stephen’s Faithful Witness Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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