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Lexicon :: Strong's G5273 - hypokritēs

Aa
ὑποκριτής
Transliteration
hypokritēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-ok-ree-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:559,1235

Strong’s Definitions

ὑποκριτής hupŏkritēs, hoop-ok-ree-tace'; from G5271; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite":—hypocrite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G5273 in the following manner: hypocrite (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G5273 in the following manner: hypocrite (20x).

  1. one who answers, an interpreter

  2. an actor, stage player

  3. a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑποκριτής hupŏkritēs, hoop-ok-ree-tace'; from G5271; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite":—hypocrite.
STRONGS G5273:
ὑποκριτής, ὑποκριτου, ὁ (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see);
1. one who answers, an interpreter (Plato, Lucian).
2. an actor, stage-player (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Aelian, Herodian).
3. in Biblical Greek, a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite: Matthew 6:2, 5, 16; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 15:7; Matthew 16:3 Rec.; Matthew 22:18; 23:13 Rec.,Matthew 23:14 (13 Tdf.),Matthew 23:15,23,25,27,29; Matthew 24:51; Mark 7:6; Luke 6:42; Luke 11:44 R L in brackets; Luke 12:56; Luke 13:15. (Job 34:30; Job 36:13, for חָנֵף, profane, impious.) (Mention is made of Heimsoeth, De voce ὑποκριτής comment. (Bonnae, 1874, 4to.).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
34:30; 36:13
Matthew
6:2; 6:5; 6:16; 7:5; 15:7; 16:3; 22:18; 23:13; 23:14; 23:15; 23:23; 23:25; 23:27; 23:29; 24:51
Mark
7:6
Luke
6:42; 11:44; 12:56; 13:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5273 matches the Greek ὑποκριτής (hypokritēs),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:5 - You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7 - You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:51 - And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:6 - And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 - O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?
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