is used of "false witnesses," Act 6:13; "false apostles," Rev 2:2, RV, "false," AV, "liars;" Rev 21:8, "liars."
Note: For compound words with this adjective, see APOSTLE, BRETHREN, CHRIST, PROPHET, WITNESS.
"under a false name" (No. 1, and onoma, "a name;" Eng., "pseudonym"), is said of the knowledge professed by the propagandists of various heretical cults, 1Ti 6:20. "a falsehood" (akin to A, No. 1), is so translated in Eph 4:25, RV (AV, "lying"); in 2Th 2:9, "lying wonders" is lit. "wonders of falsehood," i.e., wonders calculated to deceive; it is elsewhere rendered "lie," Joh 8:44, Rom 1:25, 2Th 2:11, 1Jo 2:21, 1Jo 2:27, Rev 14:5, RV; Rev 21:27, Rev 22:15. See GUILE, LIE. "to deceive by lies," is used in the Middle Voice, translated "to say ... falsely," in Mat 5:11; it is elsewhere rendered "to lie," Act 1:5-4, Rom 9:1, 2Co 11:31, Gal 1:20, Col 3:9, 1Ti 2:7. See LIE.
