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Strong's #5272 - ὑπόκρισις
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- an answering
- an answer
- the acting of a stage player
- dissimulation, hypocrisy
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ὑπό-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ,
I Ion. (and perh. in Porph. Chr. 35.10),
reply, answer (cf. ὑποκρίνω B. I), Hdt. 1.116, 9.9; τῶν χρηστηρίων Id. 1.90; but the Att. word ἀπόκρισις occurs in codd. at 1.49, 5.50.
II Att., playing a part on the stage, Arist. EN 1118a8, Phld. Mus. p.91K.
2. an orator's delivery, Arist. Rh. 1386a32, 1403b22, 1413b18, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.96, Phld. Rh. 1.195 S., 201 S. (pl.); οἱ κατὰ τὴν ὑ. ῥήτορες orators who depend on their delivery, opp. to the authors of written speeches, Arist. Rh. 1404a18. tone or manner of an animal's cry, ὁ κυνηγέτης ἀπὸ τῆς ὑ. ᾔσθετο τοῦ κυνὸς ὑλακτοῦντος νῦν μὲν ὅτι ζητεῖ τὸν λαγών, νῦν δὲ ὅτι εὗρεν.. Porph. Abst. 3.5.
3. metaph., playing a part, hypocrisy, outward show, Phoc. 2 B, Plb. 35.2.13, LXX 2 Maccabees 6:25, Matthew 23:28, al., Luc. Somn. 17.
4. ὑπόκρισιν, as Adv., after the manner of, δελφῖνος ὑ. Pi. Oxy. 408.69 (= Fr. 235).
ὑπόκρισις, ὑποκρίσεως, ἡ (ὑποκρίνομαι, which see);
1. an answering; an answer (Herodotus).
2. the acting of a stage-player (Aristotle, Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian, Artemidorus Daldianus, others).
3. dissimulation, hypocrisy: Matthew 23:28; Mark 12:15; Luke 12:1; Galatians 2:13; 1 Timothy 4:2; (James 5:12 Rec.st); 1 Peter 2:1 (cf. Buttmann, § 123, 2) (2 Macc. 6:25; Polybius 35, 2, 13; Lucian, am. 8; Aesop fab. 106 (284); (Philo, quis rer. div. haeres § 8; de Josepho § 14)).
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** ὑπό -κρισις , -εως , ἡ (< ὑποκρίνομαι , q.v.),
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 6:25 *;]
1. a reply, answer (Hdt.).
2. play-acting (Arist., Polyb., al.). Metaph., pretence, hypocrisy: Matthew 23:28, Mark 12:15, Luke 12:1, Galatians 2:13, 1 Timothy 4:2, 1 Peter 2:1 (Polyb., Pss ).†
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