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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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The Topic Concordance
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Dictionaries
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Hypocrisy: Present Age Suitable to
• Hypocrisy: of No Service
• Hypocrisy: Easy but Dangerous
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Hypocrisy (2)
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King James Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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• Hypocrisies
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܡܰܣܒ݂ܳܐ
• ἀνυπόκριτος
• συνυποκρίνομαι
• ὑπόκρισις
• חֲלַקְלַק
• חֹנֶף

pretence, or false assumption of a high character, especially in regard to religious belief or practice. The Greek inrimpevcs, from which the word is derived through the Old French, meant primarily the acting of a part on the stage, from inToKptvEO-Oat, to give an answer, to speak dialogue, play a part on the stage, hence to practice dissimulation.