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Counterfeit

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

koun´tẽr -fit ( κίβδηλος , kı́bdēlos , ἀνατυπόω , anatupóō , ὁμοιόω , homoióō ): "Counterfeit" occurs as the translation of kibdēlos , "mixed with dross," "not genuine" (The Wisdom of Solomon 15:9, "to make counterfeit things," the Revised Version (British and American) "mouldeth counterfeits," spurious things, imitations"); 2:16 the Revised Version (British and American) "base metal" (compare Septuagint Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:11 , "mingled garment," and 2 Corinthians 13:5 , 2 Corinthians 13:6 , adókimos , "reprobate" (silver)). "Counterfeit" in the older sense of a representation occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 14:17 (anatupoō , "to make a likeness"), "counterfeit of his visage," the Revised Version (British and American) "imagining the likeness from afar," and Ecclesiasticus 38:27 (homoioō , "to make like"), "to counterfeit imagery," the Revised Version (British and American) "to preserve likeness in his portraiture."