Definition

a spurious Messiah

Etymology

from G5571 (ψευδής) and G5547 (Χριστός);

Word family

• ψευδής pseudḗs
• Χριστός Christós

How the KJV renders it

• false Christ

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.