ISBHPK Albuquerque Brothers Shalama, Gabar & mashahba

Hypocrisy; Hypocrite

hi-pok´ri-si, hip´o¯?-krit (???, h?o¯neph, ???, h?a¯ne¯ph; υ?πο´κρισις, hupo´krisis, υ?ποκριτη´ς, hupokrite¯´s):

(1) “Hypocrisy” occurs only once in the Old Testament as the translation of h?o¯neph (Isa_32:6, the Revised Version (British and American) “profaneness”); h?a¯ne¯ph, from which it is derived, means properly “to cover,” “to hide,” or “becloud,” hence, to pollute, to be polluted or defiled, to make profane, to seduce; as a substantive it is translated “hypocrite” (Job_8:13; Job_13:16; Job_15:34; Job_17:8; Job_20:5; Job_27:8; Job_34:30; Job_36:13, in all which instances the Revised Version (British and American) has “godless man,” “godless men,” “godless”; Pro_11:9, the Revised Version (British and American) “the godless man”; Isa_9:17, the Revised Version (British and American) “profane”; Isa_33:14, the Revised Version (British and American) “the godless ones”); it is rendered “hypocritical,” in Psa_35:16; Isa_10:6, the Revised Version (British and American) “profane.”

(2) “Hypocrisy,” “hypocrite” are frequent in the New Testament, chiefly in Christ's discourses in the Gospels. The word hupokrisis (primarily, “an answer,” “response”) meant generally, in classical Greek, stageplaying, acting, the histrionic art; hence, it came to mean acting a part in life, etc. We find hupokrisis in this sense in 2 Macc 6:25, the Revised Version (British and American) “