ψεύστης (pseustēs) means “liar” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: psyoos-tace' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ψεύστης · pseustēs · liar
ψεύστης, -ου, ὁ (ψεύδω), [in LXX: Psa.116:11 (כָּזַב), Pro.19:22 A N2 (כָּזָב), Sir.15:8 25:2 * ;] a liar: Jhn.8:44, 55, Rom.3:4, 1Ti.1:10, Tit.1:12, 1Jn.1:10 Jn 2:4 Jn 2:22 Jn 4:20 Jn 5:10 .† (AS)
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a liar, deceiver.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a liar | 7 |
| and liars | 1 |
| liar | 1 |
| liars | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a liar | 8 |
| for liars | 1 |
| liars | 1 |
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You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Read word by wordYou do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
Read word by wordCertainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Read word by wordfor the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
Read word by wordAs one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Read word by wordIf we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Read word by wordIf anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Read word by wordWho is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
Read word by wordIf anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
Read word by wordWhoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
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