ὑποκριτής hupokritēs

Greek word for “hypocrite” · Strong’s G5273 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ὑπο-κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ; (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see);

How it is translated

Glosses given for hupokritēs in context, with how often each is used:

• hypocrites! 9
• hypocrites 5
• hypocrite! 1
• hypocrites? 1
• hypocrite 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 23 (6), Matthew 6 (3), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 22 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 7 (1), Luke 6 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 13 (1)

Forms

• ὑποκριταί 10
• ὑποκριταὶ 2
• ὑποκριτά 2
• ὑποκριτῶν 2
• Ὑποκριταί 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hupokritēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• οὐαί ouai “woe!” 6
• γραμματεύς grammateus “scribe” 6
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 6
• ἀπέχω apechō “to have in full” 4
• μισθός misthos “wage” 3
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 4
• φαίνω phainō “to shine/appear” 3
• διαβλέπω diablepō “to see clearly” 2
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• δοκός dokos “plank” 2
• κάρφος karphos “speck” 2
• τάφος taphos “grave” 2

Key verses

The verses using hupokritēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:2 — 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…
• Matthew 6:5 — 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…
• Matthew 6:16 — 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…
• Matthew 22:18 — But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
• Matthew 23:13 — 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…
• Matthew 23:15 — 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…
• Matthew 23:23 — 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,…
• Matthew 23:25 — 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.
• Matthew 24:51 — And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Mark 7:6 — 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…
• Luke 6:42 — 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…
• Luke 13:15 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.