Lexicon
ψεῦσμα
pseusma
G5582
G:N-N Greek

falsehood

1
Occurrences
1
Books
Greek
Language

Pseusma denotes a person's falsehood in the clause contrasting it with God's truth.

The attested use places a person's falsehood in contrast with God's truth and within a question about being judged as sinful.

Senses in use

  1. A person's falsehood contrasted with God's truth · dominant

    In Romans 3:7, the dative singular neuter form occurs in the clause contrasting God's truth with the speaker's falsehood; the APB renders the verse, "If then the truth of God in my falsehood exceeded toward his glory, why am I still also judged as sinful?"

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 3:7, the APB presents the term in the phrase "my falsehood,".

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture