to be a false witness, bear false witness
to be a false witness, bear false witness, Critias 61, Pl. R. 575b, X. Mem. 4.4.11, Arist. Rh. 1375a12; κατά τινος LXX Ex. 20.16, Ev.Marc. 14.56.
The corpus record
ψευδομαρτῠρ-έω
pseudomartureo
to be a false witness, bear false witness
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Where it lives
- Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
- Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
- Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
- Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
- Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
- Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
- Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
- Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ψευδομαρτυροῦντες · pseudomartyrountes Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
- ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς · pseudomartyrēsēis New Testament, Luke 18.20 (DIORISIS sentence 929)
- ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς · pseudomartyrēsēis New Testament, Mark 10.19 (DIORISIS sentence 438)
- ἐψευδομαρτύρουν · epseudomartyroun New Testament, Mark 14.56 (DIORISIS sentence 693)
- ἐψευδομαρτύρουν · epseudomartyroun New Testament, Mark 14.57 (DIORISIS sentence 694)
- ψευδομαρτυρήσεις · pseudomartyrēseis New Testament, Matthew 19.18 (DIORISIS sentence 785)
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Where it came from
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