What does ὑπόκρισις (hypókrisis) mean in the Bible?
ὑπόκρισις (hypókrisis): Pretense masking inner reality; originally stage-acting, now spiritual insincerity before God and others.
Greek · G5272
ὑπόκρισις
Hypocrisy
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ὑπόκρισις G5272
Pronunciation hypókrisis
What does ὑπόκρισις (hypókrisis) mean in the Bible?
ὑπόκρισις (hypókrisis): Pretense masking inner reality; originally stage-acting, now spiritual insincerity before God and others.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5272?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hypocrisy (4), [the] hypocrisy (1), of hypocrisy (1).
Where does ὑπόκρισις (hypókrisis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:28. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), 1 Timothy (1), Galatians (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hypocrisy 4× Mark 12:15, Luke 12:1, Galatians 2:13, 1 Peter 2:1
[the] hypocrisy 1× 1 Timothy 4:2
of hypocrisy 1× Matthew 23:28
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:28 ὑποκρίσεως to of hypocrisy Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 12:15 ὑπόκρισιν to hypocrisy Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 12:1 ὑπόκρισις to hypocrisy Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Galatians 2:13 ὑποκρίσει to hypocrisy Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1 Timothy 4:2 ὑποκρίσει to [the] hypocrisy Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1 Peter 2:1 ὑποκρίσεις to hypocrisy Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:28
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Galatians 1 1 Timothy 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ὑποκρίσει 2x hypokrisei Galatians 2:13, 1 Timothy 4:2
ὑποκρίσεις 1x hypokriseis 1 Peter 2:1
ὑποκρίσεως 1x hypokriseōs Matthew 23:28
ὑπόκρισιν 1x hypokrisin Mark 12:15
ὑπόκρισις 1x hypokrisis Luke 12:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x Galatians 2:13, 1 Timothy 4:2
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Peter 2:1
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 12:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 23:28
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 12:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Pretense masking inner reality; originally stage-acting, now spiritual insincerity before God and others.
Strong's G5272
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 5 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 12:1–3 Source Gloss
hypocrisy
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Pretense masking inner reality; originally stage-acting, now spiritual insincerity before God and others.
(ὑποκρίνομαι, which see) [in LXX: 2Ma.6:25 * ;]
1a reply, answer (Hdt.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:28 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὑποκρίσεως upokrisewv
hypocrisy, dissembling
Read verse Mark 12:15 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὑπόκρισιν upokrisin
hypocrisy, dissembling
Read verse Luke 12:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ὑπόκρισις. upokrisiv
hypocrisy, dissembling
Read verse Galatians 2:13 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὑποκρίσει. upokrisei
hypocrisy, dissembling
Read verse 1 Timothy 4:2 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὑποκρίσει upokrisei
hypocrisy, dissembling
Read verse 1 Peter 2:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ὑποκρίσεις upokriseiv
hypocrisy, dissembling
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Additional Occurrences
Luke 12:1–3 ὑπόκρισις hypókrisis
Hypocrisy, pretense
Mark 12:13–17 ὑπόκρισις hypókrisis
hypocrisy, pretense
New Testament Witnesses
hypocrisy
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὑπόκρισις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Describes religious acting that masks inward corruption.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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