Hypocrisy <1,,5272, hupokrisis>
primarily denotes "a reply, an answer" (akin to hupokrinomai, "to answer"); then, "play-acting," as the actors spoke in dialogue; hence, "pretence, hypocrisy;" it is translated "hypocrisy" in Mat 23:28, Mar 12:15, Luk 12:1, 1Ti 4:2; the plural in 1Pe 2:1. For Gal 2:13 and anupokritos, "without hypocrisy," in Jam 3:17, see DISSIMULATION.
