Word Summary
pseudadelphos: a false brother
Original Word: ψευδάδελφοςTransliteration: pseudadelphos
Phonetic Spelling: (psyoo-dad'-el-fos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a false brother
Meaning: a false brother
Strong's Concordance
false brethren.
From pseudes and adephos; a spurious brother, i.e. Pretended associate -- false brethren.
see GREEK pseudes
see GREEK adephos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5569: ψευδάδελφοςψευδάδελφος,
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 Corinthians 11:26;
Galatians 2:4.