Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
There are 3 days til Easter!
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5272 - ὑπόκρισις

Transliteration
hypókrisis
Phonetics
hoop-ok'-ree-sis
Origin
from (G5271)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
8:559,1235
Search for…
Browse by letter:
Prev Entry
ὑποκρίνομαι
 
Next Entry
ὑποκριτής
Definition   
Thayer's
  1. an answering
  2. an answer
  3. the acting of a stage player
  4. dissimulation, hypocrisy
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (7)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1
James 1
1 Peter 1
NAS (6)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1
1 Peter 1
HCS (6)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1
1 Peter 1
BSB (6)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1
1 Peter 1
ESV (7)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1
James 1
1 Peter 1
WEB (6)
Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Galatians 1
1 Timothy 1
1 Peter 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὑπό-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ,

I Ion. (and perh. in Porph. Chr. 35.10),

reply, answer (cf. ὑποκρίνω B. I), Hdt. 1.116, 9.9; τῶν χρηστηρίων Id. 1.90; but the Att. word ἀπόκρισις occurs in codd. at 1.49, 5.50.

II Att., playing a part on the stage, Arist. EN 1118a8, Phld. Mus. p.91K.

2. an orator's delivery, Arist. Rh. 1386a32, 1403b22, 1413b18, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.96, Phld. Rh. 1.195 S., 201 S. (pl.); οἱ κατὰ τὴν ὑ. ῥήτορες orators who depend on their delivery, opp. to the authors of written speeches, Arist. Rh. 1404a18. tone or manner of an animal's cry, ὁ κυνηγέτης ἀπὸ τῆς ὑ. ᾔσθετο τοῦ κυνὸς ὑλακτοῦντος νῦν μὲν ὅτι ζητεῖ τὸν λαγών, νῦν δὲ ὅτι εὗρεν.. Porph. Abst. 3.5.

3. metaph., playing a part, hypocrisy, outward show, Phoc. 2 B, Plb. 35.2.13, LXX 2 Maccabees 6:25, Matthew 23:28, al., Luc. Somn. 17.

4. ὑπόκρισιν, as Adv., after the manner of, δελφῖνος ὑ. Pi. Oxy. 408.69 (= Fr. 235).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ὑπόκρισις, ὑποκρίσεως, (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see);

1. an answering; an answer (Herodotus).

2. the acting of a stage-player (Aristotle, Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian, Artemidorus Daldianus, others).

3. dissimulation, hypocrisy: Matthew 23:28; Mark 12:15; Luke 12:1; Galatians 2:13; 1 Timothy 4:2; (James 5:12 Rec.st); 1 Peter 2:1 (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 2) (2 Macc. 6:25; Polybius 35, 2, 13; Lucian, am. 8; Aesop fab. 106 (284); (Philo, quis rer. div. haeres § 8; de Josepho § 14)).


Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ὑπό -κρισις , -εως , (< ὑποκρίνομαι , q.v.),

[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 6:25 *;]

1. a reply, answer (Hdt.).

2. play-acting (Arist., Polyb., al.). Metaph., pretence, hypocrisy: Matthew 23:28, Mark 12:15, Luke 12:1, Galatians 2:13, 1 Timothy 4:2, 1 Peter 2:1 (Polyb., Pss ).†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this proper name (2Ti. 2:17) cf. the property return P Oxy I. 72.17 (A.D. 90) διὰ Τιβερίου. Ιουλίου Φιλήτου.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
υποκρισει υποκρίσει ὑποκρίσει υποκρίσεις ὑποκρίσεις υποκρισεως υποκρίσεως ὑποκρίσεως υποκρισιν υπόκρισιν ὑπόκρισιν υποκρισις υπόκρισις ὑπόκρισις hypokrisei hypokrísei hypokriseis hypokríseis hypokriseos hypokriseōs hypokríseos hypokríseōs hypokrisin hypókrisin hypokrisis hypókrisis upokrisei upokriseis upokriseos upokriseōs upokrisin upokrisis
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile