ψεῦδος

ψεῦδος, -εος (-ους), τό

[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶר, also for כַּחַשׁ, כָּזָב ;]

a falsehood, untruth, lie: Åb 14,15 opposite to ἡ ἀλήθεια, Joh 8,44, Rom 1,25, Ef 4,25, 2 Thess 2,11, 1 Joh 2,21; to τὸ ἀληθές, 1 Joh 2,27 ποιεῖν ψ., Åb 21,27; 22,15; ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει κ. σημείοις κ. τέρασιν ψεύδους (genitive qual., see M, Th., 104; and on the meaning and construction, see also ICC, in l), 2 Thess 2,9,†