Lexical 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.) |
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