ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΝΤΑΙ, καταψευδονται
KATAPSEUDONTAI, katapseudontai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-PSEV-don-tai
Translations: they lie against, they bear false witness against, they falsely accuse
From the root: ΨΕΥΔΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'κατά' (against, down) and the verb 'ψεύδομαι' (to lie, to deceive). It means to lie against someone, to bear false witness against them, or to falsely accuse them. It implies a deliberate and often malicious act of deception directed at another person.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΨΕΥΔΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΨΕΥΣΑΝΤΟ — they lied, they deceived, they were false
- ἘΨΕΥΔΕΤΟ — he lied, he was lying, he deceived, he was deceiving
- ἘΨΕΥΣΑΙ — you lied, you deceived, you have lied, you have deceived
- ἘΨΕΥΣΑΜΗΝ — I lied, I deceived, I was false, I spoke falsely
- ἘΨΕΥΣΜΕΝΗΝ — lied, false, deceived, a lied (one), a false (one), a deceived (one)
- ΕΨΕΥΣΑΜΗΝ — I lied, I deceived, I spoke falsely
- ΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΔΟΜΑΙ — to lie against, to bear false witness against, to accuse falsely, to perjure oneself
- ΜΕΝΨΕΥΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to lie, to speak falsely, to deceive
- ΠΡΟΣΕΨΕΥΣΑΤΟ — lied, deceived, swore falsely, bore false witness
- ΤΟΥΣΚΑΤΑΨΕΥΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — the ones who will lie against, the ones who will falsely accuse, the ones who will slander
- ΨΕΥΔΕΣΘΕ — lie, be false, deceive, tell lies
- ΨΕΥΔΟΜΑΙ — lie, speak falsely, deceive, be a liar
- ΨΕΥΔΟΝΤΑΙ — they lie, they deceive, they speak falsely
- ΨΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to lie, to speak falsely, to deceive
- ΨΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having lied, having deceived, a liar, one who has lied
- ΨΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — lying, deceiving, having lied, having deceived
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