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Strong's G5273 · Greek

ὑποκριτής

hupokrites · hoop-ok-ree-tace'

from 5271; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὑπο-κριτής (G5273)

17 ὑπο-κριτής , -οῦ, ὁ ( ὑποκρίνομαι , q.v.) [in LXX Jb 34:30 36:13 ( חָנֵף ) * ;] one who answers, an interpreter (Plat.). a stage player, actor (Plut., Xen., al.). Metaph. (in LXX and NT), a pretender, dissembler, hypocrite : Mt 6:2 , 5 , 16 7:5 15:7 22:18 23:13-15 24:51 , Mk 7:6 Lk 6:42 12:56 13:15 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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