ψευδοπροφήτης
pseudoprophḗtēs · G5578 · Greek · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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false prophet
One who claims to be a prophet and is not and thus proclaims what is false
ExamplesMatthew 7:15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 24:11 “And many false prophets will rise up and mislead many people.
Matthew 24:24 “For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
How it’s used In 7 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
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- πολύςmany 2
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐγείρωto raise, to get up 3
- ἐξέρχομαιto go out, to depart 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαόςpeople 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- στόμαmouth 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 prophet53.81
- Matthew 7:15 warns, “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ψευδοπροφήτου, ὁ (ψευδής and προφήτης), "one who, acting the part of a divinely inspired…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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