Liar Falsehood Speaker

ψεύσ-της, ου, ὁ, (ψεύδω) liar, cheat, LXX+8th c.BC+ with genitive _of things_, ὧν.. ψεῦσται φανούμεθα wherein we shall be found to be liars, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 adjective, ={ψευδής}, lying, false, ψ. λόγος Refs 5th c.BC+; ψεύστης δ᾽ οτος ἔπεστι λίθος, of a cenotaph, Refs 1st c.AD+; τὸν ψεύσταν δέ με τύμβον.. θέντο· τί θαῦμ; Κρῆτες ὅπου ψεῦσται, καὶ Διός ἐστι τάφοςRefs 6th c.BC+, which is cited by NT+3rd c.BC+

† רָכִיל n.[m.] slander, > tale-bearer, informer;—always ר׳ abs.;—ר׳ יַהֲלֹךְ Je 9:3, תֵּלֵךְ ר׳ Lv 19:16 (H), הוֹלֵךְ ר׳ Pr 11:13; 20:19, all of going about in slander, as slanderer (Ges§ 118 q); הֹלְכֵי ר׳ Je 6:28 goers of slander (slanderous persons) (cf. הָלַךְ, p. 231 f.); אַנְשֵׁי ר׳ Ez 22:9 men of slander, informers.

ψευδής, ές (the neuter singular ψευδές is not found in early writers, ψεῦδος being used instead, compare ψεῦδος 111; it is found in later Gr., Refs 1st c.AD+; old Attic dialect accusative plural ψευδᾶς Refs: (ψεύδομαι):— lying, false, untrue, of things, opposed to ἀληθής, ψ. λόγοι Refs 8th c.BC+; τρέπεσθαι ἐπὶ ψευδέα ὁδόν to betake oneself to falsehood, Refs 5th c.BC+; ψ. κατηγορία, αἰτίαι, false charges, Refs 5th c.BC+ are also fallacies, in Logic, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἥδε ἡ ψ. οὐσία this unreal Being (i.e. the world of sense), Refs 3rd c.AD+: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος, εἴδη Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 of persons, lying, false, and as substantive, liar, οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψευδέσσι πατὴρ Ζεὺς ἔσσετ᾽ ἀρωγός Refs 8th c.BC+; perhaps ψεύδεσσι from ψεῦδοςRefs 5th c.BC+; ψ. φανήσεσθαι to be detected in falsehood, Refs 5th c.BC+: irregular superlative ψευδίστατος arrant liar, Refs __3 τὰ ψευδῆ falsehoods, lies, οὐ ψευδῆ λέγω Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 ψευδέων ἀγορή, in Refs 5th c.BC+. ή, ιβ, said to be a name of the monkey-market, perhaps as being villanous counterfeits of humanity. __II passive, beguiled, deceived, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III adverb ψευδῶς falsely, λέγειν Refs 5th c.BC+; mistakenly, ψ. δοξάζειν Refs 5th c.BC+groundlessly, Refs 2nd c.BC+

ψευδολόγ-ος (paroxytone), ον, speaking falsely, lying, Refs 5th c.BC+

† [כֶּחָשׁ] adj. deceptive, false (on format. v. BaNB 50 Ges§ 84b)—בָּנִים כֶּחָשִׁים Is 30:9 (‖ עַם מְרִי).