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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 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - “Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:5 - “Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7 - “Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:51 - “and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:6 - He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 - “Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite![fn] Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
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