Φαρισαῖος, -ov, 6, a Pharisee, a member of the sect or party of the Pharisees (Syr. Laszs, rabbinic 7 319, fr. #15 ‘to separate’, because deviating in their life from the general usage; Suidas s.v. quotes Cedrenus as follows, Φαρισαῖοι, of ἑρμηνευόμενοι ἀφωρισμένοι" παρὰ τὸ μερί(ew κ΄ ἀφορίζειν ἑαυτοὺς τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων εἴς τε τὸ καθαρώτατον τοῦ βίου καὶ ἀκριβέστατον, καὶ εἰς τὰ τοῦ νόμου ἐντάλματα). The first and feeble beginnings of this sect seem to be traceable to the age immediately succeeding the return from exile. In addition to the books of the O. T. the Pharisees recognized in oral traditior (see παράδοσις, 2) a standard of belief and life (Joseph. antt. 13,10, 6; Mt.xv.1; Mk. vii. 3). They sought for distinction and praise by the observance of external rites and by the outward forms of piety, such as ablutions, fastings, prayers, and alms-giving; and, comparatively negligent of genuine piety, they prided themselves on their fancied good works. They held strenuously to a belief in the existence of good and evil angels, and to the expectation of a Messiah; and they cherished the hope that the dead, after a preliminary experience either of reward or of penalty in Hades, would be recalled to life by him and be requited each according to his individual deeds. In opposition to the usurped dominion of the Herods and the rule of the Romans, they stoutly upheld the theocracy and their country’s cause, and possessed great influence with the common people. According to Josephus (antt. 17, 2, 4) they numbered more than 6000. They were bitter enemies of Jesus and his cause; and were in turn severely rebuked by him for their avarice, ambition, hollow reliance on outward works, and affectation of piety in order to gain notoriety: Mt. iii. 7; v. 20; vii. 29 Lchm.; ix. 11, 14, 84; xii. 2, 14,24, 38 Lchm. om.; xv. 1, 12; xvi. 1,6, 11sq.; xix. 3; xxi. 45; [xxii 15, 34, 41]; xxiii. 2, 13-15, 23, 2527, 293 xxvii. 62; Mk. ii. 16, 18, 24; 111. 6; vii. 1, 3, 5; viii. 11, 153 [ix.11 Lin br. T]; x.2; xii.13; Lk. v.17, 21, 30, 835 vi. 2, 75; vii. 30, 36 sq. 39; xi. 37-39, 42-44 [but in 44G T Tr WH om. Lbr. the el.], 53; xii. 1; xiii. 81; xiv. 1,3; xv. 2; xvi. 145; xvii. 20; xviii. 10 sq.; xix. 89; Jn. i. 24: 11]. 15 iv. 1; vii. 32, 45, 47sq.3 viii. 3, 13; ix. [13], 15 sq. 40; xi. 46 sq. 57; xii. 19,425 xviii. 3; Acts v. 34; xv. 5; xxiii. 6-9; xxvi. 5; Phil. 111. 5. Cf. Win. RWB. 5. v. Pharisier; Reuss in Herzog xi. p- 496, and the works referred to above 8. v. Σαδδουκαῖος, fin. [esp. Sieffert’s dissertation in Herzog ed. 2 (vol. xiii. p- 210 544.) and the copious reff. at its close]. An admirable idea of the opinions and practices of the Pharisees may be gathered also from Paret, Ueber d. Pharisiismus des Josephus, in the Theol. Stud. u. Krit. for 1856, No. 4, p. 809 sqq.

Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios 98x

a Pharisee, a follower of the sect of the Pharisees, a numerous and powerful sect of the Jews, distinguished for their ceremonial observances, and apparent sanctity of life, and for being rigid interpreters of the Mosaic law; but who frequently violated its spirit by their traditional interpretations and precepts, to which they ascribed nearly an equal authority with the OT Scriptures, Mt. 5:20; 12:2; 23:14

Φαρισαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Aram. פְּרִישָׁא; v. Dalman, Gr., 157n, Words, 2n), a Pharisee: Mt 23:26, Phl 3:5; usually in pl., Mt 9:11, Mk 2:18, al.; Φ. κ. γραμματεῖς, Mt 5:20, Mk 2:16, Lk 5:21, al.; Φ. κ. Σαδδυκαῖοι, Mt 16:1, Ac 23:6, 7 al.; ἀρχιερεῖς, Mt 21:45, Jo 7:32, al. (v. DB, iii, 826b).

Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaios) — Pharisee. a Pharisee, Separatist (from pharash, to distinguish) , one of a sect who separated themselves from other Jews as affecting superior holiness. (from Middle LSJ)