What does ψευδολόγος (pseudológos) mean in the Bible?
ψευδολόγος (pseudológos): One who habitually speaks falsehoods; emphasizes character of habitual liar rather than isolated false statements
Greek · G5573
ψευδολόγος
Lying
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ψευδολόγοςG5573
Pronunciationpseudológos
What does ψευδολόγος (pseudológos) mean in the Bible?
ψευδολόγος (pseudológos): One who habitually speaks falsehoods; emphasizes character of habitual liar rather than isolated false statements
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How does the BSB render G5573?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include of liars (1).
Where does ψευδολόγος (pseudológos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 4:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itof liars1×1 Timothy 4:2
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First aligned row1 Timothy 4:2
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Timothy1
Source forms
ψευδολόγων1xpseudologōn1 Timothy 4:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1x1 Timothy 4:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who habitually speaks falsehoods; emphasizes character of habitual liar rather than isolated false statements
Strong'sG5573
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
lying
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who habitually speaks falsehoods; emphasizes character of habitual liar rather than isolated false statements
(ψευδής, λέγω), speaking falsely, lying: 1Ti.4:2 (Aristoph., Polyb., al.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 4:2Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
ψευδολόγων,yeudologwn
speaking lies
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternPlural (1)
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Genitive · Plural · Masculine1 Tim 4:21×
Word Origins
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