Definition

mendacious, i.e. promulgating erroneous Christian doctrine

Etymology

from G5571 (ψευδής) and G3004 (λέγω);

Word family

• ψευδής pseudḗs
• λέγω légō

How the KJV renders it

• speaking lies

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.