What does ὑπόκρισις · ψευδολόγος mean in the Bible?
ὑπόκρισις · ψευδολόγος is a Greek phrase meaning "hypocrisy of liars".
Greek · G5272, G5573
ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων
Hypocrisy · lying
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ὑπόκρισις G5272 hypocrisy
Pronunciation hypókrisis
Pretense masking inner reality; originally stage-acting, now spiritual insincerity before God and others.
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ψευδολόγος G5573 lying
Pronunciation pseudológos
One who habitually speaks falsehoods; emphasizes character of habitual liar rather than isolated false statements
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What does ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων (hypokrisei pseudologōn) mean in the Bible?
ὑπόκρισις · ψευδολόγος is a Greek phrase meaning "hypocrisy of liars".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5272, G5573?
G5272, G5573 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. hypocrisy of liars
Source Gloss
hypocrisy of liars
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 12:1 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 23:28 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Gal 2:13 · 1 Tim 4:2 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Mark 12:15 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Pet 2:1 1×
Word Origins
ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain