ὑποκριτήςhypokritḗs
an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"
Greek (New Testament) · G5273
Meanings
1. one who answers, an interpreter.
2. a stage player, actor. Metaph. (in LXX and NT), a pretender, dissembler, hypocrite: Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 15:7, Matthew 22:18, Matthew 23:13-15, Matthew 24:51, Mark 7:6, Luke 6:42, Luke 12:56, Luke 13:15.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.
- Matthew 6:5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
- Matthew 6:16 “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.
- Matthew 7:5 Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
- Matthew 15:7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
- Matthew 22:18 But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.