Definition

untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful, wicked

Etymology

from G5574 (ψεύδομαι);

Word family

• ψεύδομαι pseúdomai

How the KJV renders it

• false
• liar

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.