King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5273
Transliteration: hypokritēs
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-ree-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
Meaning: one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
ὑποκριτής, ὑποκριτου, ὁ (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see);
Word Summary
hypokritēs: one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
Original Word: ὑποκριτήςTransliteration: hypokritēs
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-ree-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
Meaning: one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
Strong's Concordance
hypocrite. From hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite" -- hypocrite.
see GREEK hupokrinomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5273: ὑποκριτήςὑποκριτής, 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.;