Lexicon : false witness. Original Word: ψευδόμαρτυς, υρος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Phonetic Spelling: (psyoo-dom-ar'-toor) Short Definition: a false witness Definition: a false witness. Thayer's STRONGS NT 5575: ψευδομαρτυρψευδομαρτυρ, unless more correctly ψευδόμαρτυς or rather ψευδόμαρτυς (as ἀυτομαρτυρ; see Passow, under the word, ψευδόμαρτυς (especially Lob. Paralip., p. 217; cf. Etym. Magn. 506, 26)), ψευδομαρτυρος, ὁ, ( ψευδής and μάρτυρ (which see)), a false witness: Matthew 26:60; τοῦ θεοῦ, false witnesses of i. e. concerning God ( Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.), 1 Corinthians 15:15. ( Plato, Gorgias, p. 472b.; Aristotle, pol. 2, 9, 8 (p. 1274b, 6; but the true reading here is ψευδομαρτυριων (see Bentley's Works, Dyce edition, vol. i., p. 408); a better example is Aristotle, rhet. ad Alex. 16, p. 1432{a}, 6; cf. Plutarch, praec. ger. reip. 29, 1; Apostolic Constitutions 5, 9; Pollux 6, 36, 153).) STRONGS NT 5575: ψευδόμαρτυςψευδόμαρτυς, see ψευδομαρτυρ.
Strong's false witness. From pseudes and a kindred form of martus; a spurious witness, i.e. Bearer of untrue testimony -- false witness. see GREEK pseudes see GREEK martus |
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