Greek noun (masculine) · G5569
ψευδάδελφος
pseudadelphospsyoo-dad'-el-fos
false brother
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pseudádelphos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5569is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5569
a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate
The King James renders it: false brethren.
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
pseudadelphos is rendered "false brother". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
2 Corinthians 11:26ψευδαδέλφοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- false brothers2
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ψεύδομαι | pseudomai | to lie | Uses12 |
| ψευδοπροφήτης | pseudoprophetes | false prophet | Uses11 |
| ψεῦδος | pseudos | lie | Uses10 |
| ψευδομαρτυρέω | pseudomartyreo | to perjure | Uses5 |
| ψευδής | pseudes | false | Uses3 |
| ψευδομάρτυρ | pseudomartyr | false witness | Uses2 |
| ψευδόχριστος | pseudochristos | false Christ | Uses2 |
| ψευδομαρτυρία | pseudomartyria | false testimony | Uses2 |
| ψευδολόγος | pseudologos | lying | Uses1 |
| ψευδώνυμος | pseudonymos | falsely called | Uses1 |
| ψευδαπόστολος | pseudapostolos | false apostle | Uses1 |
| ψευδοδιδάσκαλος | pseudodidaskalos | false teacher | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- ψευδαδέλφοις1
- ψευδαδέλφους1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
2 Corinthians
one use
In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
- ψευδαδέλφοιςpseudadelphoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: false brothers
Galatians
one use
This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
- ψευδαδέλφουςpseudadelphousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: false brothers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.