Word study: hypocrites, hupokrites

Tools and resources you need to do a word study on the Greek word for hypocrite, hupokrités.

• Strong’s number: G5273
• Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #5273 – ὑποκριτής
• Greek Word: ὑποκριτής, οῦ, ὁ
• Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
• Transliteration: hupokrités
• Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-ree-tace’)
• Quick Definition: one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
• Usage: was commonly used of actors on the Greek stage.
• Etymology: from hupokrinomai G5271; derived from 5259 /hypó, “under” and 2919 /krínō, “judge”)
• NASB Translation: hypocrite (2), hypocrites (16).

New Testament usage

Mat 6:2; Mat 6:5; Mat 6:16; Mat 7:5; Mat 15:7; Mat 22:18; Mat 23:13; Mat 23:14; Mat 23:15; Mat 23:23; Mat 23:25; Mat 23:27; Mat 23:29; Mat 24:51; Mar 7:6; Luk 6:42; Luk 12:56; Luk 13:15.

Septuagint: Job 34:30; Job 36:13.

Englishman’s Concordance: ὑποκριτής (hupokrités)

Lexicons

• Thayer’s G5273: one who answers, an interpreter; an actor, stage player; a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite
• Strong’s G5273: an actor under an assumed character (stage player), that is, (figuratively) a dissembler (“hypocrite”): – hypocrite.
• Mounce G5273: hypocrite (an extension of an actor in a play, not found in the NT), implying arrogance and hardness of heart, utterly devoid of sincerity and genuineness
• Related words: G5271 verb; G5272 noun;
• Hebrew Equivalent Word: Strong #: 2611 ‑ חָנֵף (khaw‑nafe’);  
• PreceptsAustin: hupokrites

Reference Works

• 09 Don’t you understand? Mark 7:1-23
• 13 2Peter 3:8-9 Free will and God’s sovereignty
• 08 James 3:1-12 Warnings to Teachers
• 07 The Unforgiving Servant, Matthew 18:21-35
• 08 The Widow & Judge & The Pharisee & Tax Collector, Luke 18:1-14
• 10 The Wise & Foolish Virgins, Matthew 24:36-25:13

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