[B-Greek] Acts 5:3 PSEUDOMAI/YEUDOMAI + Acc.

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 29 17:51:50 EST 2008


There are not that many examples of the use of this verb with either the acc or with the dat in the NT.  Most of the time it is used absolutely (1), i.e. simply "to lie" without any indication of that regarding which one lies or to whom one lies.  There are also instances of its use with a preposition (2) which might usurp the place of a dative of the person (3) to whom one lies or the accusative of that regarding which one lies (4).

(1) 
Mt 5.11


μακάριοί ἐστε ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ διώξωσιν καὶ εἴπωσιν πᾶν πονηρὸν καθʼ ὑμῶν [ψευδόμενοι] ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ





MAKARIOI ESTE hOTAN ONEIDISWSIN hUMAS KAI DIWCWSIN KAI EIPWSIN PAN PONHRON KAQ' hUMWN [YEUDOMENOI] hENEKEN EMOU

1 Tim 2.7
εἰς ὃ ἐτέθην ἐγὼ κῆρυξ καὶ ἀπόστολος, ἀλήθειαν λέγω οὐ ψεύδομαι, διδάσκαλος ἐθνῶν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.




EIS hO ETEQHN EGW KHRUC KAI APOSTOLOS, ALHQEIAN LEGW OU YEUDOMAI, DIDASKALOS EQNWN EN PISTEI KAI ALHQEIAi

Heb 6.18
 ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι [τὸν] θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος· 




hINA DIA DUO PRAGMATWN AMETAQETWN, EN hOIS ADUNATON YEUSASQAI [TON] QEON, ISXURAN PARAKLHSIN EXWMEN hOI KATAFUGONTES KRATHSAI THS PROKEIMENHS ELPIDOS

1 Jn 1.6
Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι κοινωνίαν ἔχομεν μετʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ σκότει περιπατῶμεν, ψευδόμεθα καὶ οὐ ποιοῦμεν τὴν ἀλήθειαν· 




EAN EIPWMEN hOTI KOINWNIAN EXOMEN MET' AUTOU KAI EN TWi SKOTEI PERIPATWMEN, YEDOMEQA KAI OU POIOUMEN THN ALHQEIAN

Re 3.9
ἰδοὺ διδῶ ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τοῦ σατανᾶ τῶν λεγόντων ἑαυτοὺς Ἰουδαίους εἶναι, καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀλλὰ ψεύδονται. 




IDOU DIDW EK THS SUNAGWGHS TOU SATANA TWN LEGONTW hEAUTOUS IOUDAIOUS EINAI, KAI OUK EISIN ALLA YEUDONTAI




(2)
Rom 9.1 
Ἀλήθειαν λέγω ἐν Χριστῷ, οὐ ψεύδομαι, συμμαρτυρούσης μοι τῆς συνειδήσεώς μου ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, 
ALHQEIAN LEGW EN XRISTWi, OU YEUDOMAI, SUMMARTUROUSHS MOI THS SUNEIDHSEWS MOU EN PNEUMATI hAGIWi





2 Cor 11.31
 ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ οἶδεν, ὁ ὢν εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι.




hO QEOS KAI PATHR TOU KURIOU IHSOU OIDEN, hO WN EULOGHTOS EIS TOUS AIWNAS, hOTI OU YEUDOMAI

Gal 1.19
ἃ δὲ γράφω ὑμῖν, ἰδοὺ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι.




hA DE GRAFW hUMIN, IDOU ENWPION TOU QEOU hOTI OU YEUDOMAI 



(3)
Ac 5.4
οὐχὶ μένον σοὶ ἔμενεν καὶ πραθὲν ἐν τῇ σῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ὑπῆρχεν; τί ὅτι ἔθου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο; οὐκ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ.




OUKI MENON SOI EMENEN KAI PRAQEN EN THi SHi ECOUSIAi hUPHRXEN?  TI hOTI EQOU EN THi KARDIAi SOU TO PRAGMA TOUTO?  OUK EYEUSW ANQRWPOIS ALLA TWi QEWi."

Col 3.9 
 μὴ ψεύδεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ 




MH YEUDESQE EIS ALLHLOUS, APEKDUSAMENOI TON PALAION ANQRWPON SUN TAIS PRACESIN AUTOU



(4) 
Ac 5.3
εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος· Ἁνανία, διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσεν ὁ σατανᾶς τὴν καρδίαν σου, ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ νοσφίσασθαι ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς τοῦ χωρίου; 
EIPEN DE hO PETROS "ANANIA, DIA TI EPLHRWSEN hO SATANAS THN KARDIAN SOU, YEUSASQAI SE TO PNEUMA TO hAGION KAI NOSFISASQAI APO THS TIMHS TOU XWRIOU?"

Jas 3.14
εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας.




EI DE ZHLON PIKRON EXETE KAI ERIQEIAN EN THi KARDIAi hUMWN, MH KATAKAUXASQE KAI YEUDESQE KATA THS ALHQEIAS







 
george
gfsomsel 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Vasile Stancu <stancu at mail.dnttm.ro>
To: Tom Moore <tom at katabiblon.com>; greek B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:06:40 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Acts 5:3 PSEUDOMAI/YEUDOMAI + Acc.


In 
my 
opinion, 
the 
two 
different 
ways 
of 
employing 
this 
verb, 
with 
the 
Accusative 
and 
the 
Dative 
respectively, 
might 
be 
explained 
probably 
by 
the 
fact 
that 
an 
action, 
from 
its 
initiation 
to 
the 
final 
effect, 
may 
be 
depicted 
in 
one 
of 
its 
various 
stages 
of 
partial 
realisation 
in 
which 
the 
element 
involved 
in 
its 
fulfilment 
could 
be 
the 
direct 
agent 
or 
the 
other 
indirect 
agents.

Here 
are 
some 
examples.

2Thess 
1:10
ἐπιστεύθη 
τὸ 
μαρτύριον... 
EPISTEUQH 
TO 
MARTURION... 
the 
testimony 
was 
believed...
The 
object 
of 
the 
verb 
is 
here 
in 
the 
Accusative.

Mt 
21:25
Διὰ 
τί 
οὖν 
οὐκ 
ἐπιστεύσατε 
αὐτῷ; 
DIA 
TI 
OUN 
OUK 
EPISTEUSATE 
AUTWi? 
Why 
did 
you 
not 
believe 
him?
The 
object 
of 
the 
same 
verb 
is 
here 
in 
the 
Dative.

In 
the 
first 
example 
it 
is 
the 
direct 
agent 
which 
is 
emphasised 
- 
the 
testimony 
itself 
- 
which 
produces 
the 
final 
effect 
upon 
its 
beneficiary; 
therefore 
it 
is 
in 
the 
Accusative.

In 
the 
second 
example 
the 
emphasis 
falls 
on 
the 
confessor 
and 
is 
therefore 
in 
the 
Dative, 
as 
he 
is 
not 
the 
most 
immediate 
agent 
on 
which 
the 
faith 
is 
firstly 
directed: 
he 
is 
believed 
because 
the 
testimony 
or 
the 
words 
he 
uttered 
were 
previously 
believed.

(See 
also 
the 
verb 
ἀκουω 
AKOUW: 
it 
may 
be 
followed 
by 
the 
Accusative 
or 
the 
Genitive, 
depending 
on 
the 
agent 
involved 
in 
the 
listening/hearing; 
either 
the 
person 
who 
is 
speaking, 
or 
his 
voice, 
or 
the 
words 
of 
his 
voice, 
or 
some 
sound).

I 
believe 
this 
principle 
may 
also 
apply 
to 
the 
case 
of 
YEUDOMAI 
+ 
Acc/Dat: 
Ananias 
lied 
to 
the 
Holy 
Spirit 
(directly, 
therefore 
the 
Accusative) 
and 
in 
so 
doing 
he 
lied, 
not 
to 
men, 
but 
to 
God 
(as 
a 
consequence, 
therefore 
the 
Dative).

Vasile 
Stancu


-----Original 
Message-----
From: 
b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org 
[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] 
On 
Behalf 
Of 
Tom 
Moore
Sent: 
Wednesday, 
February 
27, 
2008 
6:09 
AM
To: 
greek 
B-Greek
Subject: 
[B-Greek] 
Acts 
5:3 
PSEUDOMAI/YEUDOMAI 
+ 
Acc.

Acts 
5:3 
is 
consistently 
translated: 
"Peter 
said, 
Ananias, 
why 
has 
satan 
filled 
your 
heart 
(for) 
you 
to 
lie 
*to* 
the 
holy 
spirit?"

But 
"the 
holy 
spirit" 
is 
accusative:

ψεύσασθαί 
σε 
τὸ 
πνεῦμα 
τὸ 
ἅγιον
YEUSASQAI 
SE 
TO 
PNEUMA 
TO 
hAGION

While 
the 
very 
next 
verse 
shows 
lying 
*to* 
somebody 
in 
the 
dative 
(Acts 
5:4: 
"You 
did 
not 
lie 
to 
men 
but 
to 
God"):

Οὐκ 
ἐψεύσω 
ἀνθρώποις, 
ἀλλὰ 
τῷ 
θεῷ
OUK 
EYEUSW 
ANQRWPOIS 
ALLA 
TWi 
QEWi

Can 
TO 
PNEUMA 
TO 
hAGION 
be 
understood 
instead 
to 
be 
what 
Ananias 
lied 
about, 
rather 
than 
to 
whom 
Ananias 
lied: 
"Why 
has 
satan 
filled 
your 
heart 
(for) 
you 
to 
lie 
*about* 
[or 
to 
mispresent] 
the 
holy 
spirit?" 
(as 
being 
the 
one 
motivating 
his 
actions)? 
Given 
5:4, 
why 
is 
"to 
the 
holy 
spirit" 
even 
valid?

Thanks,
Tom 
Moore
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