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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ψευδομαρτυρίαG5577
Pronunciationpseudomartyría
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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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 Itfalse testimony2×Matthew 15:19, Matthew 26:59
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 15:19
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Matthew2
Source forms
ψευδομαρτυρίαι1xpseudomartyriaiMatthew 15:19
ψευδομαρτυρίαν1xpseudomartyrianMatthew 26:59
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 26:59
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural1xMatthew 15:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. False testimony maliciously brought against someone, particularly in legal or judicial proceedings.
Strong'sG5577
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
untrue testimony
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 15:19Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
ψευδομαρτυρίαι,yeudomarturiai
false testimony
Read verseMatthew 26:59Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ψευδομαρτυρίανyeudomarturian
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · FeminineMatt 15:191×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 26:591×
Word Origins
ψευδομαρτυρία is built from this root: