noun · feminine
hupokrisias
Strong’sG5272
hypocrisy, dissembling
stem hupokrisi-6 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ὑπό-κρισις, -εως, ἡ
(< ὑποκρίνομαι, q.v.) [in LXX: II Mac 6:25 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5272 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop-ok'-ree-sis
acting under a feigned part, i.e. (figuratively) deceit ("hypocrisy")
Fromfrom G5271;
King Jamescondemnation, dissimulation, hypocrisy.
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
I Ionic dialect (and perhaps in Refs 3rd c.AD+, reply, answer Refs 5th c.BC+
II Attic dialect, playing a part on the stage, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 an orator's delivery, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ κατὰ τὴν ὑ. ῥήτορες orators who depend on their delivery, opposed to to the authors of written speeches, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2.b tone or manner of an animal's cry, ὁ κυνηγέτης ἀπὸ τῆς ὑ. ᾔσθετο τοῦ κυνὸς ὑλακτοῦντος νῦν μὲν ὅτι ζητεῖ τὸν λαγών, νῦν δὲ ὅτι εὗρεν.. Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.3 metaphorically, playing a part, hypocrisy, outward show, NT+6th c.BC+
II.4 ὑπόκρισιν, as adverb, after the manner of, δελφῖνος ὑ. Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | hupokrisias1×ὑπόκρισις | hupokrisiais |
| object accusative | hupokrisian1×ὑπόκρισιν | hupokrisiain1×ὑποκρίσεις |
| direct address vocative | hupokrisiar | hupokrisiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hupokrisiau1×ὑποκρίσεως | hupokrisiaiu |
| to, for dative | hupokrisia2×ὑποκρίσει | hupokrisiai |
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
hupokrisia 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupokrisias“hypocrisy”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 12:1… heautoi apo tau zumau, hotinas atō hupokrisias, toiu Farisaioiu.… leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
hupokrisian“hypocrisy”objectaccusative singular1×
Mark 12:15tos de horarēntos autoiu tan hupokrisian legata autoi; Tinem min peirazavō? feravōr …But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing …
hupokrisiau“hypocrisy”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Matthew 23:28… anthrōpoi dikaiois, esōthen de avō mestois hupokrisiau kai anomiau.… the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
hupokrisia“hypocrisy”to, fordative singular2×
Galatians 2:13… hōste kai Barnabos sunapagita autoiu ta hupokrisia.… his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
1 Timothy 4:2en hupokrisia pseudologoiu, kaustēriazorēntoiu tan idian suneidēsian,influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared …
hupokrisiain“hypocrisy”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Peter 2:1… pantan kakian kai panton dolon kai hupokrisiain kai fthonoin kai pantain katalaliain,… yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.