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G505 ἀνυπόκριτος (anypókritos)
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Quick Definition

ἀνυπόκριτος, ον Adj unfeigned, without hypocrisy

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 5271; undissembled, i.e. sincere

KJV Usage: without dissimulation (hypocrisy), unfeigned

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | κρίνω

73.8 · Genuine, Phony

genuine, sincere pertaining to being genuine and sincere, and hence lacking in pretense or show

ROM 12:9 · 2CO 6:6 · 1TI 1:5 · 2TI 1:5 · JAS 3:17 · 1PE 1:22

1 1PE 1:22 It is possible to interpret ἀνυπόκριτος in 1PE 1:22 as being simply the negative state of hypocrisy and thus semantically neutral, but there seems to be an important positive element and therefore ἀνυπόκριτος is classified here under Genuine, rather than in Domain 88 Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior, Subdomain C' Hypocrisy, Pretense.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀν-υπόκριτος, -ov, (a priv. and ὑποκρίνομαι), unfeigned, undisguised: Ro. xii. 9; 2 Co. vi. 6; 1 Tim. i.5; 2 Tim. i. 5; 1 Pet. i. 22; Jas. iii. 17. (Sap. v.19; xviii. 16. Not found in prof. auth., except the adv. ἀνυποκρίτως in Antonin. 8, 5.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀνυπόκριτος anypokritos 6x

unfeigned, real, sincere, Rom. 12:9

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀν-υπόκριτος, -ον

(< ἀ- neg., ὑποκρίνομαι), [in LXX: Wi 5:18 18:16*;]

unfeigned: Ro 12:9, II Co 6:6, I Ti 1:5, II Ti 1:5, Ja 3:17, I Pe 1:22 (Cremer, 380; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀνυπόκριτος. To the literary citations for this word given by Nageli, P- 43, we may add Demetrius de Z/oc. 194.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνυπόκριτος (anupokritos) — genuine. ἀνυπό-κρῐτος, ον, without dissimulation, [LXX+NT]. adverb -τως[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. undramatic, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. in punctuation, of a stop in a simple sentence, opposed to ἐνυπόκριτος (which see), [Refs]

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