Hypokrites means “hypocrite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5273 — naim (“sweet”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5273 ὑποκριτής (hupokrites) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hupokrites (hoop-ok-ree-tace') n. 1. an actor under an assumed character (stage-player) 2. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite" It has 22 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include hypocrite. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
hupokrites (hoop-ok-ree-tace') n. 1. an actor under an assumed character (stage-player) 2. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite" [from G5271] KJV: hypocrite Root(s): G5271
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hypocrite
Usage: ὑπο-κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see) [in LXX Job.34:30 36:13 (חָנֵף) * ;] __1. one who answers, an interpreter (Plat.). __2. a stage player, actor (Plut., Xen., al.). Metaphorical (in LXX and NT), a pretender, dissembler, hypocrite: Mat.6:2, 5 6:16 7:5 15:7 22:18 23:13-15 24:51, Mrk.7:6 Luk.6:42 12:56 13:15.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hupokrites, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G5273 (ὑποκριτής) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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20 indexed usages in New Testament.
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5273.
Causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath against themselves; They will not cry, because he has bound them.
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
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Hypokrites (Strong's G5273) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hypocrite". hupokrites (hoop-ok-ree-tace') n. 1. an actor under an assumed character (stage-player) 2. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"
This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's G5273 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5273 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hypocrite. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G5273, with linked reader references where each row is available.