ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΕΣΘΑΙ, καταψευδεσθαι
KATAPSEUDESTHAI, katapseudesthai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-psey-DES-thai
Translations: to lie against, to accuse falsely, to bear false witness against, to speak falsely against
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This 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 implies a deliberate act of falsehood directed at harming or misrepresenting another.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 9:178
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΕΣΘΕ — to lie against, to bear false witness against, to accuse falsely, to slander
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΕΤΑΙ — to lie against, to accuse falsely, to bear false witness, to calumniate
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΗ — you lie against, you accuse falsely, you bear false witness against
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΑΣ — falsely accusing, slandering, lying against
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΟΙ — lying against, falsely accusing, slandering, those who lie against, those who falsely accuse
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΟΝ — lying against, falsely accusing, slandering, bearing false witness
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΕΝΟΣ — falsely accusing, slandering, lying against, bearing false witness against
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having lied against, having falsely accused, having borne false witness against
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having lied against, having falsely accused, having borne false witness against
- ΚΑΤΕΨΕΥΔΟΝΤΟ — they lied against, they bore false witness against, they falsely accused
- ΚΑΤΕΨΕΥΣΑΝΤΟ — they lied against, they falsely accused, they bore false witness against
- ΚΑΤΕΨΕΥΣΑΤΟ — he lied against, he falsely accused, he bore false witness against
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