Greek noun (masculine) · G5578
ψευδοπροφήτης
pseudoprophetespsyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace
false prophet
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pseudoprophḗtēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5578is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5578
a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor
The King James renders it: false prophet.
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
pseudoprophetes is rendered "false prophet". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 7:15ψευδοπροφητῶν
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
- false prophets7
- false prophet3
- a false prophet1
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 |
| ψεῦδος | pseudos | lie | Uses10 |
| ψευδομαρτυρέω | pseudomartyreo | to perjure | Uses5 |
| ψευδής | pseudes | false | Uses3 |
| ψευδάδελφος | pseudadelphos | false brother | Uses2 |
| 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 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ψευδοπροφῆται5
- ψευδοπροφήτης2
- ψευδοπροφήταις1
- ψευδοπροφήτην1
- ψευδοπροφήτου1
- ψευδοπροφητῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural5N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
Matthew
three uses
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- ψευδοπροφητῶνpseudoprophetonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- ψευδοπροφῆταιpseudoprophetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- ψευδοπροφῆταιpseudoprophetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
Mark
one use
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- ψευδοπροφῆταιpseudoprophetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
Luke
one use
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
- ψευδοπροφήταιςpseudoprophetaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
Acts
one use
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
- ψευδοπροφήτηνpseudoprophetennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a false prophet
2 Peter
one use
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- ψευδοπροφῆταιpseudoprophetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
1 John
one use
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- ψευδοπροφῆταιpseudoprophetainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: false prophets
Revelation
three uses
And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
- ψευδοπροφήτουpseudoprophetounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: false prophet
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- ψευδοπροφήτηςpseudoprophetesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: false prophet
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- ψευδοπροφήτηςpseudoprophetesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: false prophet
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.