hupokrités: one who answers, an actor, a hypocriteOriginal Word: ὑποκριτής, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-ree-tace')
Short Definition: a hypocrite, dissembler
Definition: (lit: a stage-player), a hypocrite, dissembler, pretender.
5273 hypokritḗs (a masculine noun derived from 5259 /hypó, "under" and 2919 /krínō, "judge") – properly, a judging under, like a performer acting under a mask (i.e. a theater-actor); (figuratively) a two-faced person; a "hypocrite," whose profession does not match their practice – i.e. someone who "says one thing but does another."
[5273 (hypokritḗs) was commonly used of actors on the Greek stage. When applied in the NT, it refers to a hypocrite.
"Christianity requires that believers should be open and above-board. They should be themselves. Their lives should be like an open book, easily read" (K. Wuest, Word Studies, Vol 2, Pastoral Epistles, 1 Peter, 50,51).]
NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origin
one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
hypocrite (2), hypocrites (16).
Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 5273: ὑποκριτής
ὑποκριτής, 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.; From hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite" -- hypocrite. see GREEK hupokrinomai
From hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite" -- hypocrite.
see GREEK hupokrinomai
Englishman's ConcordanceStrong's Greek 5273
ὑποκριτά — 2 Occ.
ὑποκριταὶ — 14 Occ.
ὑποκριτῶν — 2 Occ.
Matthew 6:2 N-NMP
GRK: ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐν
NAS: before you, as the hypocrites do
KJV: thee, as the hypocrites do in
INT: as the hypocrites do in
Matthew 6:16 N-NMP