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ψευδομαρτυρέω

Strong’s: G5576

Associated OET lemmas: ψευδομαρτυρέω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: ψευδομαρτυρέω; ψεύδομαι; μαρτυρέω

Sense 1: to give false witness, to testify falsely

Semantic entry: 33.271

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Witness, Testify

Definition: to provide a false or untrue witness

Notes: A person who gives false witness may deceive in two aspects, (1) in pretending to have been an eyewitness to an event and (2) in saying what is not true, but the focal element in ψευδομαρτυρέω is the fact that what is said is not true.

Show passage in OET: MAT 19:18

OET-RV MAT 19:18

18 “Which ones?” he asked.
¶ “Don’t murder,” Yeshua answered, “don’t mess with another person’s spouse, don’t steal, don’t lie in court,

OET-LV MAT 19:18

18 He _is _saying to _him:
Which ones?
And the Yaʸsous said, the You_˓will˒_ not _be _murdering, you_˓will˒_ not _be _committing _adultery, you_˓will˒_ not _be _stealing, you_˓will˒_ not _be _giving _false _testimony,

Show passage in OET: MRK 10:19

OET-RV MRK 10:19

19 You know God’s instructions: don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t lie in court, don’t defraud others, and honour your parents.”

OET-LV MRK 10:19

19 You _have _known the commands:
you _may_ not _murder, you _may_ not _commit _adultery, you _may_ not _steal, you _may_ not _give _false _testimony, you _may_ not _defraud:
Be _honouring the father and the mother of _you.

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All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 19:18

MRK: OET MRK 10:19 · OET MRK 14:56–57

LUK: OET LUK 18:20