NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G5578 - pseudoprophētēs

Choose a new font size and typeface
ψευδοπροφήτης
Transliteration
pseudoprophētēs (Key)
Pronunciation
psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Strong’s Definitions

ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophḗtēs, psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace; from G5571 and G4396; a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor:—false prophet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G5578 in the following manner: false prophet (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G5578 in the following manner: false prophet (11x).
  1. one who, acting the part of a divinely inspired prophet, utters falsehoods under the name of divine prophecies

  2. a false prophet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophḗtēs, psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace; from G5571 and G4396; a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor:—false prophet.
STRONGS G5578:
ψευδοπροφήτης, ψευδοπροφήτου, (ψευδής and προφήτης), "one who, acting the part of a divinely inspired prophet, utters falsehoods under the name of divine prophecies, a false prophet": Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11, 24; Mark 13:22; Luke 6:26; Acts 13:6; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 4:1; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10. (Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 33:8, 11, 16 (Jer. 26:8,11,16); Jeremiah 34:7 (Jer. 27:7); Jeremiah 36:1, 8 (Jer. 29:1,8; Zechariah 13:2; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 13, 1; 10, 7, 3; b. j. 6, 5, 2; (τόν τοιοῦτον ἐυθυβόλω ὀνόματι ψευδοπροφήτην προσαγορευει, κιβδηλευοντα τήν ἀληθῆ προφητείαν καί τά γνησια νοθοις ἑυρημασι ἐπισκιαζοντα κτλ., Philo de spec. legg. iii. § 8); ecclesiastical writings ('Teaching' 11, 5 [ET] etc. (where see Harnack)); Greek writers use ψευδόμαντις.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
6:13; 26:8; 26:11; 26:16; 27:7; 29:1; 29:8; 33:8; 33:11; 33:16; 34:7; 36:1; 36:8
Zechariah
13:2
Matthew
7:15; 24:11; 24:24
Mark
13:22
Luke
6:26
Acts
13:6
2 Peter
2:1
1 John
4:1
Revelation
16:13; 19:20; 20:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5578 matches the Greek ψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophētēs),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13 - “From the least to the greatest,
their lives are ruled by greed.
From prophets to priests,
they are all frauds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:7 - The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the LORD’s Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the LORD had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. “This man should die!” they said. “You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 - Then the officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - “‘Do not listen to your false prophets, fortune-tellers, interpreters of dreams, mediums, and sorcerers who say, “The king of Babylon will not conquer you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - One day in late summer[fn] of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:1 - Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:2 - “And on that day,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Genesis Chapter 1 — Additional Translations: