Word

ψευδάδελφος

pseudádelphos · G5569 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

false brother, one who only pretends to be a fellow believer in Christ

An individual who pretends to be a close member of a socio-religious group but is not (see ἀδελφότης (adelphótēs, G81), ἀδελφός (adelphós, G80), sense 2, and ἀδελφή (adelphḗ, G79), sense 2)

Examples
2 Corinthians 11:26 I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers;
Galatians 2:4 Yet it was a concern because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy on our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

παρείσακτοςfalsely pretending 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 2 groups

εἴκωto give in to 1
παρεισέρχομαιto slip into a group unnoticed 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

διάthrough 1
ἐνin 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

False brother, one who only pretends to be a fellow believer in Christ11.36: 2 Corinthians 11:26 lists among Paul’s dangers, “dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers”.

Word family 16 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ψεύδομαι pseúdomai · G5574 · to lie, to tell falsehoods · 12×ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophḗtēs · G5578 · false prophet · 11×ψεῦδος pseûdos · G5579 · lie, falsehood · 10×ψεύστης pseústēs · G5583 · liar · 10×ψευδομαρτυρέω pseudomartyréō · G5576 · to give false witness, to testify falsely · 5×ψευδής pseudḗs · G5571 · liar · 3×ψευδάδελφοςpseudádelphos · G5569ψευδομάρτυρ pseudomártyr · G5575 · false witness · 2×ψευδομαρτυρία pseudomartyría · G5577 · false testimony · 2×ψευδόχριστος pseudóchristos · G5580 · false Christ, false Messiah · 2×ἀψευδής apseudḗs · G893 · truthful · 1×ψευδαπόστολος pseudapóstolos · G5570 · false apostle · 1×ψευδοδιδάσκαλος pseudodidáskalos · G5572 · false teacher, teacher of what is a lie · 1×ψευδολόγος pseudológos · G5573 · liar · 1×ψευδώνυμος pseudṓnymos · G5581 · falsely called, falsely named · 1×ψεῦσμα pseûsma · G5582 · lie, falsehood · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ψευδαδελφου, ὁ (ψευδής and ἀδελφός), a false brother, i. e. one who ostentatiously…

ψευδαδελφου, ὁ (ψευδής and ἀδελφός), a false brother, i. e. one who ostentatiously professes to be a Christian, but is destitute of Christian knowledge and piety: 2 Cor 11:26; Gal 2:4.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Socio-Religious2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0