ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΕΙ, υποκρισει
YPOKRISEI, ypokrisei
Sounds Like: hoo-po-KREE-see
Translations: to hypocrisy, in hypocrisy, by hypocrisy, hypocrisy, a hypocrisy
From the root: ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of pretending or feigning, often with the intent to deceive. It originally comes from the context of acting or playing a role on stage, hence the idea of putting on a false appearance. In a religious or moral context, it describes a discrepancy between one's outward actions or words and one's true inner beliefs or character.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5272 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Timothy — 4:2
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 6:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:7
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 2 — 1:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 6:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 6:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ — hypocrisies, deceptions, pretenses
- ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΕΩΝ — of hypocrisy, of a pretense, of a play-acting, of a dissimulation
- ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΕΩΣ — of hypocrisy, of pretense, of dissimulation, of acting, of play-acting
- ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΙ — hypocrisy, a hypocrisy, dissimulation, pretense, a pretense
- ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΙΝ — hypocrisy, a hypocrisy, pretense, a pretense, dissimulation, a dissimulation
- ΥΠΟΚΡΙΣΙΣ — hypocrisy, a hypocrisy, dissimulation, pretense
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