King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5271
Transliteration: hypokrinomai
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-rin'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend
Meaning: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend
ὑποκρίνομαι;
Word Summary
hypokrinomai: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend
Original Word: ὑποκρίνομαιTransliteration: hypokrinomai
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-rin'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend
Meaning: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend
Strong's Concordance
feign. 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
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.)