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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Liar

"a liar," occurs in John 8:44,55; Romans 3:4; 1 Timothy 1:10; Titus 1:12; 1 John 1:10; 2:4,22; 4:20; 5:10 .

"lying, false" (Eng., "pseudo-"), rendered "false" in Acts 6:13 and in the RV of Revelation 2:2 (AV, "liars"), is used as a noun, "liars," in Revelation 21:8 . See FALSE.

Note: Many compound nouns are formed by the prefix pseudo-: see, e.g., APOSTLES, BRETHREN, CHRISTS, PROPHETS, TEACHERS, WITNESS.