ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΣΕΙΕ, καταψευσειε
KATAPSEUSEIE, katapseuseie
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PSEV-see-eh
Translations: he might lie against, he might accuse falsely, he might bear false witness against
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ψεύδομαι (pseudomai), meaning 'to lie' or 'to deceive'. Together, it means to lie against someone, to accuse them falsely, or to bear false witness against them. It describes the act of making a false statement with the intent to harm or incriminate another person.
Inflection: Aorist, Optative, Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:183
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΩ — to bear false witness against, to accuse falsely, to lie against
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to lie against, to bear false witness against, to accuse falsely
- ΚΑΤΕΨΕΥΣΜΕΝΟΣ — falsely accused, slandered, lied about
- ΚΑΤΕΨΕΥΣΤΑΙ — has been lied about, has been falsely accused, has been slandered
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