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Lexicon :: Strong's G5273 - hypokritēs

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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.).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 20 times in 20 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:5 - You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7 - You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3 - And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[fn]
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