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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 Box Mat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:5 - Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7 - You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:3 - red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell[fn] you yourselves are!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,[fn] but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed, and you decorate the monuments of the godly people your ancestors destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:51 - and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:6 - Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - How can you think of saying, ‘Friend,[fn] let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 - You fools! You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the present times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?
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