ψευδοπροφήτης
pseudoprophētēs
“false prophet”
Definition
a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor
from G5571 (ψευδής) and G4396 (προφήτης);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ψευδοπροφήτης appears 11 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.