UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ψευδόμαρτυς

MainId: 005461000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ψ

StrongCodes: G5575a

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005461001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ψευδόμαρτυς

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -υρος

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ψευδομαρτυρέω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005461001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 33.273

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Witness, Testify

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-06-04 20:39:16

         DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:ψευδομαρτυρέω} ‘to testify falsely,’ {D:33.271}) one who testifies falsely

         Glosses: false witness

         Comments: The focal element in the evidence provided by a ‘false witness’ is the fact that what is said is not true.|It is also possible that such a person has pretended to have been present and thus an eyewitness of an event, but that is not the focus of the meaning. In fact, a false witness may have been present but at the same time may later provide false evidence as to what took place. It is possible to render ψευδόμαρτυς in some languages as ‘one who pretends to know about something but is really lying in what he says’ or ‘one who lies about what he pretends to have seen.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:60, 1 COR 15:15