Greek n--t · G5330
Φαρισαῖος
Pharisaiosfar-is-ah'-yos
Pharisee
97 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Pharisaîos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5330is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5330
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
The King James renders it: Pharisee.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Pharisaios is rendered "Pharisee". It stands 97 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Twenty-nine of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 3:7Φαρισαίων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Pharisees76
- a Pharisee6
- the Pharisees6
- Pharisee5
- of Pharisees2
- the Pharisee1
- to Pharisees1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 97, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Φαρισαῖοι49
- Φαρισαίων28
- Φαρισαῖος8
- Φαρισαίους5
- Φαρισαίοις2
- Φαρισαίου2
- Φαρισαῖε1
- Φαρισαῖός1
- Φαρισαίων.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural43N-NPM-T
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural29N-GPM-T
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular9N-NSM-T
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine plural6N-VPM-T
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural5N-APM-T
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2N-DPM-T
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2N-GSM-T
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular1N-VSM-T
Matthew
twenty-nine uses
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the Pharisees
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the Pharisees
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the Pharisees
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
- Φαρισαῖεpharisaienoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Pharisee
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Mark
twelve uses
When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the Pharisees
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Luke
twenty-seven uses
One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the Pharisees
Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
- Φαρισαίουpharisaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Pharisee
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- Φαρισαίουpharisaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Pharisee
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Pharisee
As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a Pharisee
But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the Pharisee
“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
- Φαρισαίοιςpharisaioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
- Φαρισαίοιςpharisaioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Φαρισαίων.¶pharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
- Φαρισαίουςpharisaiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: to Pharisees
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a Pharisee
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Pharisee
But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
John
nineteen uses
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
- Φαρισαίουςpharisaiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
- Φαρισαίουςpharisaiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
- Φαρισαίουςpharisaiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the Pharisees
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
- Φαρισαίουςpharisaiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Acts
nine uses
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a Pharisee
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of Pharisees
- Φαρισαῖόςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a Pharisee
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of Pharisees
As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
- Φαρισαῖοιpharisaioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
- Φαρισαίωνpharisaionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Pharisees
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a Pharisee
Philippians
one use
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
- Φαρισαῖοςpharisaiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a Pharisee
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