Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #84924

SR GNT Acts 5:4 Ἐψεύσω (Epseusō) ‘matter this not you lied to people but to god’ Strongs=55740 Lemma=pseudō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=middle person=2nd number=singular
Year=33 AD Event=Ananias_and_Sapphira_lie_to_God TimeSeries=Ananias_and_Sapphira_lie_to_God

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Only use of identical word form Ἐψεύσω (V-IAM2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ἐψεύσω’ (V-IAM2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘you lied’.

Acts 5:4 ‘matter this not you lied to people but to god’ SR GNT Acts 5:4 word 28

OET-LV: 4 Not remaining unsold it _was _remaining to _you, and having _been _sold it _was _being in the your authority? Why that you _purposed in the heart of _you the this matter? You _lied not to _people, but to_ the _god. (ACT_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 Wasn’t it yours before it was sold? And even when it was sold, the money was still yours. Why did you decide to handle it like this? It wasn’t people that you’re lying to, but God.” (ACT 5:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘pseudō’ have 7 different glosses: ‘be lying’, ‘to lie’, ‘I am lying’, ‘they are lying’, ‘we are lying’, ‘you lied’, ‘lying’.

Key: V=verb