noun · masculine
farisaios
Strong’sG5330
a Pharisee
stem farisai-97 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books8 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish religious group 1234, marked by strict separation from others and a claim to superior holiness 3. The name itself is connected to the idea of "separating" or being a "separatist" 23, sometimes explained as coming from a root meaning to distinguish 3. In the biblical text the word appears both alone and paired with related groups, such as "Pharisees and scribes" or "Pharisees and Sadducees" 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Φαρισαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Aram. פְּרִישָׁא; v. Dalman, Gr., 157n, Words, 2n),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5330 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfar-is-ah'-yos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Fromof Hebrew origin (compare );
King JamesPharisee.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | farisaios9×Φαρισαῖος | farisaiois43×Φαρισαῖοι |
| object accusative | farisaion | farisaioin5×Φαρισαίους |
| direct address vocative | farisaior1×Φαρισαῖε | farisaioir6×Φαρισαῖοι |
| of, belonging to genitive | farisaiou2×Φαρισαίου | farisaioiu29×Φαρισαίων |
| to, for dative | farisaio | farisaioi2×Φαρισαίοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
farisaio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
97 occurrences, every one of them listed
farisaios“Pharisee”subjectnominative singular9×
Luke 7:39horarantos de tos Farisaios tos kalarantos auton legata en heauto …When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this …
Luke 11:37En de te lalara erōtatō auton Farisaios hopōs aristateia para auto; eisercharantos de …As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him …
Luke 11:38tos de Farisaios horarantos thaumazata hoti ouk prōtem baptizita …But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus …
Luke 18:10… eis tem hierem proseuchera, tos henos Farisaios kai tos heteros telōnos.… temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luke 18:11tos Farisaios stēirantos pros heauton houteim proseuchote; Tos …The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God …
Acts 5:34anastēarantos de tinos en te sunedrie Farisaios onome Gamaliēl, nomodidaskalos timios panto to …But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the …
Acts 23:6… en te sunedrie; Androir adelfoir, mis Farisaios amō, huios Farisaioiu; peri elpidau kai …… the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It …
Acts 26:5… akribotatan hairesian tau hēmeterau thrēskeiau zōama Farisaios.… willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of …
Philippians 3:5… Beniamin, Hebraios ek Hebraioiu, kata nomon Farisaios,… Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
farisaior“Pharisee”direct addressvocative singular1×
Matthew 23:26Farisaior tuflor, katharizasar prōtem tem entos teu …Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the …
farisaiou“Pharisee’s”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 7:36… kai eisercharantos eis ton oikon tou Farisaiou kataklinita.… with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
Luke 7:37“Pharisee’s”… hoti katakeiotō en ta oikia tou Farisaiou, komizarantas alabastrem mureu… town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
farisaiois“Pharisees”subjectnominative plural43×
Matthew 9:11kai horarantois tois Farisaiois legale toi mathētoi autou; Dia tinem …When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples …
Matthew 9:14… legarōntois; Dia tinem nis kai tois Farisaiois nēsteuanō polleim, tois de mathētois su …… is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples …
Matthew 9:34tois de Farisaiois legale; En to archonto teiu daimoneiu …But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince …
Matthew 12:2tois de Farisaiois horarantois legala auto; Idou tois mathētois …When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him …
Matthew 12:14exercharantois de tois Farisaiois sumbouliem labala kata autou hopōs auton …But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they …
Matthew 12:24tois de Farisaiois akouarantois legala; Houtos ouk ekbalatō teim …But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by …
Matthew 15:1Tote prosercholō to Iēso apo Hierosolumeiu Farisaiois kai grammatevois legarōntoisThen some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from …
Matthew 15:12… mathētois legalō auto; Oidasē hoti tois Farisaiois akouarantois ton logon skandalizila?… said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Matthew 16:1Kai prosercharantois tois Farisaiois kai Saddoukaiois peirazarōntois eperōtala auton sēmem …Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus …
Matthew 19:3Kai proserchala auto Farisaiois peirazarōntois auton kai legarōntois; Ei exestinatō …Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking …
Matthew 21:45Kai akouarantois tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois tain parabolain autou gnōskala hoti peri …When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that …
Matthew 22:15Tote poreuirantois tois Farisaiois sumbouliem labala hopōs auton pagideualeia en …Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap …
Matthew 22:34Tois de Farisaiois akouarantois hoti fimata toin Saddoukaioin sunagila …And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the …
Matthew 23:2… kathedrau kathizala tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois.“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Matthew 27:62… paraskevan, sunagila tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois pros Pilaton… Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
Mark 2:18… ale tois mathētois Iōannou kai tois Farisaiois nēsteuarōntois. kai ercholō kai legalō auto; …… John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
Mark 2:24kai tois Farisaiois legale auto; Ide tinem poialō tei …So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are …
Mark 3:6kai exercharantois tois Farisaiois euthuos meta toiu Hērōdianoiu sumbouliem dōale …At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with …
Mark 7:1Kai sunagolō pros auton tois Farisaiois kai tinois toiu grammatevoiu ercharantois apo …Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who …
Mark 7:3tois gar Farisaiois kai pantois tois Ioudaiois ean mē …… the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not …
Mark 7:5kai eperōtalō auton tois Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois; Dia tinem ouk …So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do …
Mark 8:11Kai exerchala tois Farisaiois kai archela suzētarō auto, zētarōntois para …Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with …
Luke 5:17… autos ate didaskarōntos, kai ale kathorōntois Farisaiois kai nomodidaskalois hois ale ercharēntois ek …… day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were …
Luke 5:21… archela dialogizorō tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois legarōntois; Tinos atō houtos hos lalatō …But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is …
Luke 5:30kai gonguzale tois Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois autoiu pros toin …But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ …
Luke 6:7paratērole de tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois ei en te sabbate therapeuatō, hina …… to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see …
Luke 7:30tois de Farisaiois kai tois nomikois tan boulan tou …But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected …
Luke 11:39… kurios pros auton; Nun vis tois Farisaiois tem exōthen teu potērieu kai tou …Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup …
Luke 11:53… autou archela tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois deinōs enecharō kai apostomatizarō auton peri …… on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and …
Luke 13:31En auta ta hōra proserchala tinois Farisaiois legarōntois auto; Exerchasar kai poreuosōr enteuthen, …At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him …
Luke 15:2kai diagonguzale tois tē Farisaiois kai tois grammatevois legarōntois hoti Houtos …So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This …
Luke 16:14Akouale de houteim panteim tois Farisaiois filargurois huparcharōntois, kai ekmuktērizale auton.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard …
John 4:1… gnōskata tos Iēsus hoti akouala tois Farisaiois hoti Iēsus polloteroin mathētoin poiatō kai …When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and …
John 7:32Akouala tois Farisaiois tou ochlou gonguzarōntou peri autou houteim, …When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things …
John 7:32“Pharisees”… kai apostelala tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois hupēretoin hina piazaleia auton.… Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
John 7:47apokrinila oun autoi tois Farisaiois; Mē kai vis planovē?… you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
John 8:3agalō de tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois pros auton gunaikan en moicheia katalabirantan …The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman …
John 8:13legala oun auto tois Farisaiois; Sis peri siautou marturasō; tas marturias …So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying …
John 9:15palin oun erōtale auton kai tois Farisaiois pōs anablepata. tos de legata autoi; …So the Pharisees also asked him how he had …
John 11:47sunagala oun tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois sunedriem, kai legale; Tinem poianō hoti …Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What …
John 11:57dōalelē de tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois entolain hina ean tinos gnōskateia pou …But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who …
John 12:19tois oun Farisaiois legala pros heautoin; Theōravō hoti ouk …Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can …
Acts 23:8… arō anastasian mēte angelon mēte pneumem, Farisaiois de homologalō teim amfotereim.… nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
farisaioin“Pharisees”objectaccusative plural5×
Luke 14:3… Iēsus legata pros toin nomikoin kai Farisaioin legarōntos; Exestinatō te sabbate therapeuara ē …… experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on …
John 7:45… tois hupēretois pros toin archierevoin kai Farisaioin, kai legala autoi ekeinois; Dia tinem …… returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you …
John 9:13Agalō auton pros toin Farisaioin ton pote tuflon.They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
John 11:46… de ek autoiu aperchala pros toin Farisaioin kai legala autoi heim poiata Iēsus.… some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had …
John 12:42… pisteuala eis auton, alla dia toin Farisaioin ouk homologale hina mē aposunagōgois geneleia,… in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for …
farisaioir“Pharisees”direct addressvocative plural6×
Matthew 23:13Ouai de vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti kleiavō tan basileian toiu …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom …
Matthew 23:15Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti periagavō tan thalassan kai …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and …
Matthew 23:23Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti apodekatavō tem hēduosmem kai …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of …
Matthew 23:25Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti katharizavō tem exōthen teu …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside …
Matthew 23:27Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti paromoiazavō tafoi koniorēntoi, hotinois …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed …
Matthew 23:29Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti oikodomavō toin tafoin toiu …Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for …
farisaioiu“Pharisees”of, belonging togenitive plural29×
Matthew 3:7Horarantos de polloin toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu erchorōntoin epi tem baptismem …… when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place …
Matthew 5:20… tas dikaiosunas polloterem toiu grammatevoiu kai Farisaioiu, ouk mē eiserchaveia eis tan basileian …… exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom …
Matthew 12:38… apokrinila auto tinois toiu grammatevoiu kai Farisaioiu legarōntois; Didaskalor, thelanō apo su sēmem …Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want …
Matthew 16:6… kai prosechavōr apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.… Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:11… prosechavōr de apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.… beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:12… artoiu alla apo tau didachau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.… but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 22:41Sunagorēntoiu de toiu Farisaioiu eperōtata autoin tos IēsusWhile the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
Mark 2:16kai tois grammatevois toiu Farisaioiu horarantois hoti esthiatō meta toiu hamartōloiu …When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people …
Mark 2:18… mathētois Iōannou kai tois mathētois toiu Farisaioiu nēsteualō, tois de sois mathētois ouk …Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came …
Mark 8:15… Horavōr, blepavōr apo tau zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai tau zumau Hērōdou.… Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Mark 12:13Kai apostelalō pros auton tinoin toiu Farisaioiu kai toiu Hērōdianoiu hina auton agreualeia …Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in …
Luke 5:33… deēsiain poiolō, homoiōs kai tois toiu Farisaioiu, tois de sois esthialō kai pinalō.… John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours …
Luke 6:2tinois de toiu Farisaioiu legala; Tinem poiavō hem ouk exestinatō …But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what …
Luke 7:36Erōtate de tinos auton toiu Farisaioiu hina esthiateia meta autou; kai eisercharantos …Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him …
Luke 12:1… tau zumau, hotinas atō hupokrisias, toiu Farisaioiu.… Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 14:1“Pharisees”… eis oikon tinou toiu archontoiu toiu Farisaioiu sabbate esthiara arton kai autois ale …One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him …
Luke 17:20Eperōtirantos de hupo toiu Farisaioiu pote erchotō tas basileias tou theou …When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would …
Luke 19:39kai tinois toiu Farisaioiu apo tou ochlou legala pros auton; …But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him …
John 1:24Kai apostelorēntois ale ek toiu Farisaioiu.Then the Pharisees who had been sent
John 3:1Ate de anthrōpos ek toiu Farisaioiu, Nikodēmos onomem auto, archontos toiu Ioudaioiu;… there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the …
John 7:48… pisteuata eis auton ē ek toiu Farisaioiu?“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
John 9:16legale oun ek toiu Farisaioiu tinois; Ouk atō houtos para theou …Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from …
John 9:40akouala ek toiu Farisaioiu houteim tois meta autou arōntois, kai …Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this …
John 18:3… ek toiu archierevoiu kai ek toiu Farisaioiu hupēretoin erchotō ekei meta fanoiu kai …… officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying …
Acts 15:5… tinois toiu apo tau hairesiau toiu Farisaioiu pisteuarēntois, legarōntois hoti datō peritemarō autoin …… believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles …
Acts 23:6… merem atō Saddoukaioiu tem de heterem Farisaioiu krazate en te sunedrie; Androir adelfoir, …… them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers …
Acts 23:6“Pharisees”… Androir adelfoir, mis Farisaios amō, huios Farisaioiu; peri elpidau kai anastasiau nekroiu mis …… the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on …
Acts 23:7… de autou lalarōntou geneta stasias toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu, kai schizita tem plēthem.… a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was …
Acts 23:9… tinois toiu grammatevoiu teu mereu toiu Farisaioiu diamachole legarōntois; Oudenem kakosem heuriskanō en …… scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We …
farisaioi“Pharisees”to, fordative plural2×
Luke 11:42Alla ouai vi toi Farisaioi, hoti apodekatavō tem hēduosmem kai tem …Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint …
Luke 11:43ouai vi toi Farisaioi, hoti agapavō tan prōtokathedrian en tai …Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats …