Pseudomartyreo means “be a false witness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5576 — cancherib (“Sennacherib”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5576 ψευδομαρτυρέω (pseudomartureo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pseudomartureo (psyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o) v. 1. to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence [from G5575] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include false. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
pseudomartureo (psyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o) v. 1. to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence [from G5575] KJV: be a false witness Root(s): G5575
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5576. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to perjure
Usage: ψευδο-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Exo.20:16, Deu.5:20 (17) (עָנָה), Da TH Su 1:61 AB2R (see ψευδομάρτυς) * ;] to bear false witness: Mat.19:18, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20" (LXX) ; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Mrk.14:56-57 (Xen., Plat., al.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pseudomartureo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5576 (ψευδομαρτυρέω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5576.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5576, grouped by book.
Pseudomartyreo (Strong's G5576) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be a false witness". pseudomartureo (psyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o) v. 1. to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence [from G5575]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G5576 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5576 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as false. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5576, with linked reader references where each row is available.