What does ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomártyr) mean in the Bible?
ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomártyr) is a Greek word meaning "false witness".
Greek · G5575
ψευδομάρτυρ
False witness
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ψευδομάρτυρG5575
Pronunciationpseudomártyr
What does ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomártyr) mean in the Bible?
ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomártyr) is a Greek word meaning "false witness".
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How does the BSB render G5575?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include false witnesses (2).
Where does ψευδομάρτυρ (pseudomártyr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:60. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itfalse witnesses2×Matthew 26:60, 1 Corinthians 15:15
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First aligned rowMatthew 26:60
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew11 Corinthians1
Source forms
ψευδομάρτυρες1xpseudomartyres1 Corinthians 15:15
ψευδομαρτύρων1xpseudomartyrōnMatthew 26:60
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural1xMatthew 26:60
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 15:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. false witness
Source Gloss
false witness
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:60Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ψευδομαρτύρωνyeudomarturwn
a false witness
Read verseMatthew 26:60Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ψευδομάρτυρεςyeudomarturev
a false witness
Read verse1 Corinthians 15:15Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ψευδομάρτυρεςyeudomarturev
a false witness
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.
Word Origins
ψευδομάρτυρ is built from these roots:
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