Strong's Concordance hupokrinomai: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend Original Word: ὑποκρίνομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hupokrinomai Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-rin'-om-ahee) Definition: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend Usage: I act the part, pretend; I answer, respond. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hupo and krinó Definition to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend NASB Translation pretended (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5271: ὑποκρίνομαιὑποκρίνομαι; 1. to take up another's statements in reference to what one has decided for oneself (middle κρίνομαι), i. e. to reply, answer (Homer, Herodotus, others). 2. to make answer (speak) on the stage, i. e. to personate anyone, play a part (often so from Demosthenes down). Hence, 3. to simulate, feign, pretend (from Demosthenes and Polybius down): followed by an accusative with the infinitive Luke 20:20. (2 Macc. 6:21, 24; 4 Macc. 6:15; Sir. 35:15 (Sir. 32:15); Sir. 36:2 (Sir. 33:2)). (Compare: συνυποκρίνομαι.) Middle voice from hupo and krino; to decide (speak or act) under a false part, i.e. (figuratively) dissemble (pretend) -- feign. see GREEK hupo see GREEK krino Englishman's Concordance Luke 20:20 V-PPM/P-AMPGRK: ἀπέστειλαν ἐνκαθέτους ὑποκρινομένους ἑαυτοὺς δικαίους NAS: spies who pretended to be righteous, KJV: spies, which should feign themselves INT: they sent spies feigning themselves righteous |
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