STRONGS NUMBER G5578

Original Word: ψευδοπροφήτης
Transliteration: pseudoprophētēs
Phonetic Spelling: (psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a false prophet
Meaning: a false prophetfalse prophet.

From pseudes and prophetes; a spurious prophet, i.e. Pretended foreteller or religious impostor -- false prophet.

see GREEK pseudes

see GREEK prophetes

STRONGS NT 5578: ψευδοπροφήτης

ψευδοπροφήτης, ψευδοπροφήτου, ὁ (ψευδής and προφήτης), "one who, acting the part of a divinely inspired prophet, utters falsehoods under the name of divine prophecies, a false prophet": Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11, 24; Mark 13:22; Luke 6:26; Acts 13:6; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 4:1; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10. (Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 33:8, 11, 16 (); Jeremiah 34:7 (); Jeremiah 36:1, 8 (; Zechariah 13:2; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 13, 1; 10, 7, 3; b. j. 6, 5, 2; (τόν τοιοῦτον ἐυθυβόλω ὀνόματι ψευδοπροφήτην προσαγορευει, κιβδηλευοντα τήν ἀληθῆ προφητείαν καί τά γνησια νοθοις ἑυρημασι ἐπισκιαζοντα κτλ., Philo de spec. legg. iii. § 8); ecclesiastical writings ('Teaching' 11, 5 [ET] etc. (where see Harnack)); Greek writers use ψευδόμαντις.)