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A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

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Ψάλλω, (ψάω, to touch) f. ψαλῶ, a.1. ἔψηλα, to move by a touch, to twitch; to touch, strike the strings or chords of an instrument; absol. to play on a stringed instument; to sing to music; in N.T., to sing praises, Ro. 15.9. 1 Co. 14.15. Ep. 5.19. Ja. 5.13. whence Ψαλμός, οῦ, ὁ, impulse, touch, of the chords of a stringed instrument; in N.T., a sacred song, psalm, 1 Co. 14.26. Ep. 5.19, et al. Ψευδαδελφός, οῦ, ὁ, (ψευδής & ἀδελφός) a false brother, a pretended Christian, 2 Co. 11.26. Ga. 2.4. N.T. Ψευδαπόστολος, ου, ὁ, (ψευδής & ἀπόστολος) a false apostel, pretended minister of Christ, 2 Co. 11.13. N.T. Ψευδής, έος, οῦς, ὁ, ἡ (ψεύδομαι) false, lying, Ac. 6.13. Re. 2.2 in N.T., pl. maintainers of religious falsehood, corrupters of the truth of God, Re. 21.8 Ψευδοδάσκᾰλος, (ψευδής & διδάσκαλος) a false teacher, one who in culcates false doctrines, 2 Pe. 2.1. N.T. Ψευδολόγος, ου, ὁ, ἡ, (ψευδής & λέγω) false-speaking, 1 Ti. 4.2. Ψευδομάρτυρ, ῠρος, ὁ, (ψευδής & μάρτυρ) a false witness, Mat. 26.60, bis. 1 Co. 15.15: whence Ψευδομαρτῠρέω, ῶ, f. ήσω, to bear false witness, give false testimony, Mat. 19.18. Mar. 14.56, 57, et al.: whence Ψευδομαρτυρία, ας, ἡ, false witness, false testimony, Mat. 15.19; 26.59. Ψευδοπροφήτης, ου, ὁ (ψευδής & προφήτης) a false prophet, one who falsely claims to speak by divine inspiration, whether as a foreteller of future events, or a teacher of doctrines, Mat. 7.15; 24.24, et al. Ψεῦδος, εος, τό, (ψεύδομαι) falsehood, Jno. 8.44. Ep. 4.25. 2 Th. 2.9, 11. 1 Jno. 2.27 in N.T., religious falsehood, perversion of religious truth, false religion, Ro. 1.25; the practices of false religion, Re. 21.27; 22.15. Ψευδόχριστος, ου, ὁ, (ψευδής & χριστός) a false Christ, pretended Messiah, Mat. 24.24. Mar. 13.22. N.T. Ψεύδω, f. ψεύσω, to deceive; mid. to speak falsely or deceitfully, utter falsehood, lie, Mat. 5.11. Ro. 9.1, et al.; trans. to deceive, or attempt to deceive, by a lie. Ac. 5.3. Ψευδώνῠμος, ου, ὁ, ἡ, (ψευδής & ὄνομα) falsely named, falsely called, 1 Ti. 6.20. Ψεῦσμα, ατος, τό, (ψεύδω) a falsehood, lie; in N.T., delinquency, Ro. 3.7. Ψευστής, οῦ, ὁ, (fr. same) one who utters a falsehood, a liar, Jno. 8.44, 55, et al.; in N.T.,a delinquent, Ro. 3.4. Ψηλαφάω, ῶ, (ψάλλω, ψάω) f. ήσω, a.1. ἐψηλάφησα, to feel, handle, Lu. 24.39; to feel or grope for or after, as persons in the dark, Ac. 17.27. Ψηφίζω, f. ίσω, to reckon by means of pebbles, compute by counters; hence genr. to compute, reckon, calculate, Lu. 14.28. Re. 13.18: from Ψῆφος, ου, ἡ, a small stone, pebble; a pebble variously employed, especially in a ballot; hence a vote, suffrage, Ac. 26.10; a pebble or stone, probably given as a token, Re. 2.17. Ψιθυρισμος, οῦ, ὁ, (ψιθυρίζω, to whisper) a whispering; a calumnious whispering, detraction, 2 Co. 12.20. L.G. Ψιθυριστής, οῦ, ὁ, (fr. same) a whisperer; a calumnious whisperer, detractor, Ro. 1.30. Ψῑχίον, ίον, τό, (dimin. of ψίξ, a fragment, morsel) a small morsel, crumb, bit, Mat. 15.27. Mar. 7.28. Lu. 16.21. N.T. Ψυχή, ῆς, ἡ, (ψύχω) breath; the principle of animal life; the life, Mat. 2.20; 6.25. Mar. 3.4. Lu. 21.19. Jno. 10.11, et al.; an animate being, 1 Co. 15.45; a human individual, soul, Ac. 2.41; 3.23; 7.14; 27.37. Ro. 13.1. 1 Pe. 3.20; the immaterial soul, Mat. 10.28. 1 Pe. 1.9; 2.11, 25; 4.19, et al,; the soul as a seat of religious and moral sentiment, Mat. 11.29. Ac. 14.2, 22; 15.24. Eph. 6.6, et al.; the soul as a seat of feeling, Mat. 12.18; 26.38, et.al.; the soul, the inner self, Lu. 12.19: whence Ψυχικός, ή, όν, pertaining to the life or the soul; in N.T., animal as distinguished from spriritual subsistence, 1 Co. 15.44, 46; occupied with mere animal things, animal, sensual, 1 Co. 2.14. Ja. 3.15. Jude 19. Ψῠχος, εος, τό, (ψύχω) cold, Jno. 18.18. Ac. 28.2. 2 Co. 11.27: whence Ψυχρός, ά, όν, cool, cold, Mat. 10.42; met. Re. 3.15, 16. Ψύχω, f. ξω, pass. a.2. ἐψύγην, f.2. ψυγήσομαι, to breathe; to cool; pass. to be cooled; met. of affection, Mat. 24.12. Ψωμίζω, (ψωμός) f. ίσω, pr. to feed by morsels; hence genr. to feed, supply with food, Ro. 12.20; to bestow in supplying food, 1 Co. 13.3. Ψωμιον, ου, τό, (dimin. of ψωμός, a bit, morsel, fr. ψάω, to break into bits) a bit, morsel, mouthful, Jno. 13.26. Ψώχω, (ψάω) f. ξω, to rub in pieces, as the ears of grain, Lu. 6.1.

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