ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophētēs

Greek word for “false prophet” · Strong’s G5578 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

ψευδο-προφήτης, -ου, ὁ; a false prophet (= cl. ψευδόμαντις): 24:11, 24, (see Swete, in l), 19:20 20:10 †;

How it is translated

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

• false prophets 7
• false prophet 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 24 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Mark 13 (1), Luke 6 (1), Acts 13 (1), 2 Peter 2 (1), 1 John 4 (1), Revelation 16 (1), Revelation 19 (1), Revelation 20 (1)

Forms

• ψευδοπροφῆται 5
• ψευδοπροφήτης 2
• ψευδοπροφητῶν 1
• ψευδοπροφήταις 1
• ψευδοπροφήτην 1
• ψευδοπροφήτου 1

Words used with it

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

• πλανάω planaō “to lead astray” 4
• ψευδόχριστος pseudochristos “false Christ” 2
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 3
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 3
• θεῖον theion “sulfur” 2
• λίμνη limnē “lake” 2
• τέρας teras “wonders” 2
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 3
• ἐκλεκτός eklektos “select” 2
• δυνατός dunatos “able” 2
• πῦρ pur “fire” 2
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• Matthew 24:11 — And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
• Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the…
• Mark 13:22 — For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
• Luke 6:26 — Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
• Acts 13:6 — And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
• 2 Peter 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even…
• 1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Revelation 16:13 — And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night…

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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.