UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ὑπόκρισις; -εως

Related lemmas: κρίνω

Sense 1: to pretend, to act hypocritically, pretense, hypocrisy

Semantic entry: 88.227

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Hypocrisy, Pretense

Definition: to give an impression of having certain purposes or motivations, while in reality having quite different ones

Notes: In a number of languages ὑποκρίνομαι and ὑπόκρισις are expressed in idiomatic ways, for example, ‘to have two faces,’ ‘to have two tongues,’ ‘to be two people,’ or ‘to have two hearts.’

MAT 23:28: RV MAT 23:28 · LV MAT 23:28 · Read together MAT 23:28

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OET-RV MAT 23:28

28 so even though the people might see your godly facade, actually your insides are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

OET-LV MAT 23:28

28 Thus also on _one _hand you _all are _being _seen righteous outwardly by _the people, on _the _other _hand inside you _all _are full of _hypocrisy and lawlessness.

MRK 12:15: RV MRK 12:15 · LV MRK 12:15 · Read together MRK 12:15

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OET-RV MRK 12:15

15 However, knowing their hypocrisy, Yeshua responded to them, “Why are all of you trying to test me? Bring me a coin so I can see it.”

OET-LV MRK 12:15

15 And he having _known the hypocrisy of _them, said to _them:
Why are _you _all _testing me?
Be _bringing to _me a_daʸnarion_coin, in _order _that I _may _see it.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 23:28 · LV MAT 23:28 · Read together MAT 23:28

MRK: RV MRK 12:15 · LV MRK 12:15 · Read together MRK 12:15

LUK: RV LUK 12:1 · LV LUK 12:1 · Read together LUK 12:1

GAL: RV GAL 2:13 · LV GAL 2:13 · Read together GAL 2:13

TI1: RV TI1 4:2 · LV TI1 4:2 · Read together TI1 4:2

PE1: RV PE1 2:1 · LV PE1 2:1 · Read together PE1 2:1

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὑπόκρισις

Form 1

Sense 1: to pretend, to act hypocritically, pretense, hypocrisy