5271 - hupokrinomai

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ὑποκρίνομαι
Transliteration: hupokrinomai
Definition (short): pretended
Definition (full): to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from hupo and krinó
Definition: to answer, reply, to answer on a stage, to pretend
NASB Translation: pretended (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Middle voice from hupo and krino; to decide (speak or act) under a false part, i.e. (figuratively) dissemble (pretend) -- feign.

see GREEK hupo

see GREEK krino

References

Strong's 5271: 1 Occurrences
KJV: And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
NASB: So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.