Quick Definition
ὑποκρίνομαι v. I act the part, pretend
Strong's Definition
to decide (speak or act) under a false part, i.e. (figuratively) dissemble (pretend)
Derivation: middle voice from G5259 (ὑπό) and G2919 (κρίνω);
KJV Usage: feign
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κρίνω
88.227 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Hypocrisy, Pretense
to pretend, to act hypocritically, pretense, hypocrisy to give an impression of having certain purposes or motivations, while in reality having quite different ones In a number of languages ὑποκρίνομαι and ὑπόκρισις are expressed in idiomatic ways, for example, ‘to have two faces,’ ‘to have two tongues,’ ‘to be two people,’ or ‘to have two hearts.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-κρίνομαι ; 1. to take up another’s statements in reference to what one has decided for one’s self (mid. κρίνομαι), i.e. to reply, answer, (Hom., Hadt., al.). 2. to make answer (speak) on the stage, i. e. to personate any one, play a part, (often so fr. Dem. down). Hence 3. to simulate, feign, pretend, (fr. Dem. and Polyb. down): foll. by an acc. with the inf. Lk. xx. 20. (2 Mace. vi. 21, 24; 4 Mace, vi. 15; Sir. xxxv. (xxxii.) 15; XXXVi. (xxxiii.) 2.) [Comp.: συντυποκρίνομαι.] ὃ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑποκρίνομαι hypokrinomai 1x
to answer, respond; to act a part upon the stage; hence, to assume a counterfeit character; to pretend, feign, Lk. 20:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-κρίνομαι
[in LXX: (Jb 39:32 (40:2)) אּ1 (AB אּ2 ἀπο-, עָנָה), Si 1:29 35 (32):15 Si 36 (33):2, II Mac 5:25 6:21, 24, IV Mac 6:15, 17 * ;]
= Att.. ἀποκρίνομαι (q.v.), to answer, reply (Hom., Hdt., al.).
to answer on the stage, play a part (Arist., al.). Metaph., to feign, pretend (Demos., Polyb.): c. acc et inf., Lk 20:20 (cf. Ps Sol 4:22).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑποκρίνομαι. With this verb = ‘‘feign,” ‘‘pretend,’”’ in Lk 207°, cf. 22 ἐκκόψειαν κόρακες ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνθρώπων ὑποκρινομένων, “let ravens peck out the eyes of the men that work hypocrisy ” (Ryle and James). Pss. Sol. iv.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑποκρίνω (hupokrinō) — to pretend. ὑποκρίνω [ῑ], separate gradually, [Refs]
II. subject to inquiry, interrogate, τοὺς ἀντιδίκους [Refs] __B middle ὑποκρίνομαι, future -κρινοῦμαι, Ionic dialect -έομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὑπεκρινάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist and perfect passive in middle sense, ὑπεκρίθην [ῐ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—reply, make answer, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —the _Attic dialect_ word was ἀποκρίνομαι (ὑποκρ- is given by all codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+] appears in all codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 expound, interpret, explain, ὄνειρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. ὅπως.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __B.II Attic dialect, speak in dialogue, hence play a part on the stage, the part played being put in accusative, τὴν Ἀντιγόνην Σοφοκλέους ὑποκέκριται [Refs 4th c.BC+] [same place]; [ἥρωα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: absolutely, play a part, be an actor, οἱ ὑποκρινόμενοι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑ. τραγῳδίας, κωμῳδίαν, play tragedies, comedy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑπεκρίθησαν τραγῳδοί tragedians acted, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μισθῶν ἐλασσόνων συνεχώρησεν ὑποκρινεῖσθαι τῷ δήμῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+] play all the characters, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.II.2 deliver a speech, declaim, of orators and rhetoricians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; represent dramatically, ἐρωτικῶν δραμάτων ὑποθέσεις, of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ape, mimic, τὸ τῶν Ἰνδῶν ἔργον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; represent in art, Philostr Jun.[Refs 4th c.AD+] __B.II.3 of an orator, use histrionic arts, exaggerate, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II.4 metaphorically, play a part, feign, pretend, [LXX]; ὑ. τὸν βασιλικόν take the king's part, play the king, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπολαμβάνειν καὶ ὑποκρίνεσθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ὑ. ὡς ἐσθίοντα[LXX+2nd c.AD+] __B.II.5 with accusative, deceive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]