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Lie

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

"a falsehood, lie" (see also under LIAR), is translated "lie" in John 8:44 (lit., "the lie"); Romans 1:25 , where it stands by metonymy for an idol, as, e.g., in Isaiah 44:20; Jeremiah 10:14; 13:25; Amos 2:4 (plural); 2 Thessalonians 2:11 , with special reference to the lie of 2 Thessalonians 2:4 , that man is God (cp. Genesis 3:5 ); 1 John 2:21,27; Revelation 21:27; 22:15; in Ephesians 4:25 , AV "lying," RV, "falsehood," the practice; in Revelation 14:5 , RV, "lie." (some mss. have dolos, "guile," AV); 2 Thessalonians 2:9 , where "lying wonders" is, lit., "wonders of falsehood," i.e., wonders calculated to deceive (cp. Revelation 13:13-15 ), the purpose being to deceive people into the acknowledgement of the spurious claim to deity on the part of the Man of Sin.

Note: In Romans 1:25 the "lie" or idol is the outcome of pagan religion; in 1 John 2:21,22 the "lie" is the denial that Jesus is the Christ; in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 the "lie" is the claim of the Man of Sin.

"a falsehood," or "an acted lie," Romans 3:7 , where "my lie" is not idolatry, but either the universal false attitude of man toward God or that with which his detractors charged the Apostle; the former seems to be the meaning.

denotes "speaking falsely" (pseudes, "false," logos, "a word") in 1 Timothy 4:2 , where the adjective is translated "that speak lies," RV (AV, "speaking lies") and is applied to "demons," the actual utterances being by their human agents.

denotes "free from falsehood" (a, negative, pseudes, "false"), truthful, Titus 1:2 , of God, "who cannot lie."

"to deceive by lies" (always in the Middle Voice in the NT), is used (a) absolutely, in Matthew 5:11 , "falsely," lit., "lying" (AV, marg.); Romans 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 1:20; Colossians 3:9 (where the verb is followed by the preposition eis, "to"); 1 Timothy 2:7; Hebrews 6:18; James 3:14 (where it is followed by the preposition kata, "against"); 1 John 1:6; Revelation 3:9; (b) transitively, with a direct object (without a preposition following), Acts 5:3 (with the accusative case), "to lie to (the Holy Ghost)," RV marg., "deceive;" Acts 5:4 (with the dative case) "thou hast (not) lied (unto men, but unto God)."