What does ψευδομαρτυρία (pseudomartyría) mean in the Bible?
ψευδομαρτυρία (pseudomartyría): False testimony maliciously brought against someone, particularly in legal or judicial proceedings.
Greek · G5577
ψευδομαρτυρία
Untrue testimony
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ψευδομαρτυρία G5577
Pronunciation pseudomartyría
What does ψευδομαρτυρία (pseudomartyría) mean in the Bible?
ψευδομαρτυρία (pseudomartyría): False testimony maliciously brought against someone, particularly in legal or judicial proceedings.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5577?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include false testimony (2).
Where does ψευδομαρτυρία (pseudomartyría) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It false testimony 2× Matthew 15:19, Matthew 26:59
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 15:19
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Matthew 2
Source forms
ψευδομαρτυρίαι 1x pseudomartyriai Matthew 15:19
ψευδομαρτυρίαν 1x pseudomartyrian Matthew 26:59
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 26:59
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Matthew 15:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. False testimony maliciously brought against someone, particularly in legal or judicial proceedings.
Strong's G5577
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
untrue testimony
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:19 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
ψευδομαρτυρίαι, yeudomarturiai
false testimony
Read verse Matthew 26:59 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ψευδομαρτυρίαν yeudomarturian
false testimony
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 26:59 1×
Word Origins
ψευδομαρτυρία is built from this root:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain