ψεύδωto deceive by lies; more freq. in the depon. mid, form ψεύδομαι (so always in NT),
[in LXX chiefly for כּחשׁ pi.;]
1. absol., to lie: He 6:18, I Jo 1:6, Re 3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Ro 9:1, II Co 11:31, Ga 1:20, I Ti 2:7 c. dat. pers. (Ps 17 (18):45, Je 5:12, al.), Ac 5:4; seq. εἰς, Col 3:9; κατά, Ja 3:14 (Hort, in l.).
2. Like act., c. acc., to deceive by lies (Æsch., al.): Ac 5:3.†