ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΙ, ψευδοπροφηται
PSEUDOPROPHĒTAI, pseudoprophētai
Sounds Like: pseh-doo-pro-FEE-tai
Translations: false prophets
From the root: ΨΕΥΔΗΣ, ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ψεῦδος' (pseudos), meaning 'falsehood' or 'lie', and 'προφήτης' (prophētēs), meaning 'prophet'. Therefore, it refers to individuals who falsely claim to be prophets or to speak for God, but whose messages are not from God or are deceptive. They are often depicted as leading people astray with their misleading prophecies.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5578 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 16:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΨΕΥΔΗΣ, ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΓΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΙ — false prophets, a false prophet
- ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΣ — false prophet, a false prophet
- ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ — of a false prophet, of a false prophet
- ΨΕΥΔΟΦΡΟΦΗΤΑΣ — false prophet, a false prophet
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