Senses
1. a liar, one who speaks falsehood — A person who tells lies or is characterized by falsehood; Greek ψεύστης denotes one whose speech is deceptive or untruthful. Multilingual evidence is consistent: eng 'liar(s),' spa 'mentiroso(s),' hin झूठा (jhūṭhā, liar), arb كَذّابٌ/كَذّابونَ (kadhdhāb, habitual liar), kor 거짓말쟁이(들) (geojitmaljaeng-i), swa 'mwongo/waongo' (liar/liars). The split is purely grammatical number: singular nominative/accusative (S79188) vs plural dative/nominative (S79189) with identical semantic content. 10×
AR["الكَذّابينَ","الكَذّابُ","كاذِب","كاذِباً","كاذِبٌ","كَذّاب","كَذّابونَ","كَذّابًا","كَذّابٌ"]·ben["মিথ্যাবাদী","মিথ্যাবাদী,","মিথ্যাবাদীদের,","মিথ্যুক"]·DE["Luegner"]·EN["a-liar","for-liars","liar","liars"]·FR["menteur"]·heb["לְ-שַׁקְרָנִים","שַׁקְרָן","שַׁקְרָנִים","שׁקְרָן"]·HI["झूठा","झूठा।","झोओथहोन","झोओथे,"]·ID["pendusta","pendusta,"]·IT["bugiardo"]·jav["goroh,","tiyang-goroh","tiyang-goroh,","tukang-goroh","tukang-goroh."]·KO["거짓말쟁이","거짓말쟁이-로","거짓말쟁이들","거짓말쟁이들에게,","거짓말하는-자"]·PT["mentiroso","mentiroso,","mentirosos","mentirosos,"]·RU["лжец","лжец,","лжецам","лжецом","лжецы"]·ES["mentiroso","mentirosos"]·SW["kwa-waongo","mwongo","ni-mwongo","waongo"]·TR["yalancı","yalancılar,","yalancılara"]·urd["جھوٹا","جھوٹا،","جھوٹوں","جھوٹے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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+