Strong's Lexicon
G5272 — ὑπόκρισις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5272 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὑπόκρισις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5271 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | hupokrisis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoop-ok'-ree-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. acting under a feigned part 2. (figuratively) deceit ("hypocrisy") |
| KJV Renderings: | condemnation, dissimulation, hypocrisy |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπόκρισις, ὑποκρίσεως, ἡ (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see);
1. an answering; an answer (Herodotus).
2. the acting of a stage-player (Aristotle, Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian, Artemidorus Daldianus, others).
3. dissimulation, hypocrisy: Mat 23:28; Mar 12:15; Luk 12:1; Gal 2:13; 1Ti 4:2; (Jas 5:12 Rec.st); 1Pe 2:1 (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 2) (2Ma 6:25; Polybius 35, 2, 13; Lucian, Amo 8:1-14; Aesop fab. 106 (284); (Philo, quis rer. div. haeres § 8; de Josepho § 14)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὑπόκρισις (condemnation)
Matthew 23:28
- KJV: Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity
- GK: ούτω και υμείς έξωθεν μεν φαίνεσθε τοις ανθρώποις δίκαιοι έσωθεν δε μεστοί εστε υποκρίσεως και ανομίας
Mark 12:15
- KJV: Shall we give or shall we not give But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them Why tempt ye me bring me a penny that I may see
- GK: δώμεν η μη δώμεν ο δε ειδώς αυτών την υπόκρισιν είπεν αυτοίς τι με πειράζετε φέρετέ μοι δηνάριον ίνα ίδω
Luke 12:1
- KJV: In the mean time when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people insomuch that they trode one upon another he began to say unto his disciples first of all Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy
- GK: εν οις επισυναχθεισών των μυριάδων του όχλου ώστε καταπατείν αλλήλους ήρξατο λέγειν προς τους μαθητάς αυτού πρώτον προσέχετε εαυτοίς από της ζύμης των Φαρισαίων ήτις εστίν υπόκρισις
Galatians 2:13
- KJV: And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation
- GK: και συνυπεκρίθησαν αυτώ και οι λοιποί Ιουδαίοι ώστε και Βαρνάβας συναπήχθη αυτών τη υποκρίσει
1 Timothy 4:2
- KJV: Speaking lies in hypocrisy having their conscience seared with a hot iron
- GK: εν υποκρίσει ψευδολόγων κεκαυτηριασμένων την ιδίαν συνείδησιν
James 5:12
- KJV: But above all things my brethren swear not neither by heaven neither by the earth neither by any other oath but let your yea be yea and nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation
- GK: προ πάντων δε αδελφοί μου μη ομνύετε μήτε τον ουρανόν μήτε την γην μήτε άλλον τινά όρκον ήτω δε υμών το ναι ναι και το ου ου ίνα μη εις υπόκρισιν πέσητε
1 Peter 2:1
- KJV: Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings
- GK: αποθέμενοι ούν πάσαν κακίαν και πάντα δόλον και υποκρίσεις και φθόνους και πάσας καταλαλιάς