ψευδοπροφήτης
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ψευδο- (pseudo-, “false”) + προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “prophet, interpreter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pseu̯.do.pro.pʰɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psew.do.proˈpʰe̝.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pseβ.ðo.proˈɸi.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psev.ðo.proˈfi.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psev.ðo.proˈfi.tis/
Noun
[edit]ψευδοπροφήτης • (pseudoprophḗtēs) m (genitive ψευδοπροφήτου); first declension
- false prophet
- New Testament, Second Epistle of Peter 2:1:
- Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι
- Egénonto dè kaì pseudoprophêtai en tôi laôi, hōs kaì en humîn ésontai pseudodidáskaloi
- But there also arose false prophets among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers.
- Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι
- 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 7:15:
- Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσιν λύκοι ἅρπαγες.
- Prosékhete apò tôn pseudoprophētôn, hoítines érkhontai pròs humâs en endúmasin probátōn, ésōthen dé eisin lúkoi hárpages.
- Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσιν λύκοι ἅρπαγες.
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
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Nominative | ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης ho pseudoprophḗtēs |
τὼ ψευδοπροφήτᾱ tṑ pseudoprophḗtā |
οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται hoi pseudoprophêtai |
Genitive | τοῦ ψευδοπροφήτου toû pseudoprophḗtou |
τοῖν ψευδοπροφήταιν toîn pseudoprophḗtain |
τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν tôn pseudoprophētôn |
Dative | τῷ ψευδοπροφήτῃ tôi pseudoprophḗtēi |
τοῖν ψευδοπροφήταιν toîn pseudoprophḗtain |
τοῖς ψευδοπροφήταις toîs pseudoprophḗtais |
Accusative | τὸν ψευδοπροφήτην tòn pseudoprophḗtēn |
τὼ ψευδοπροφήτᾱ tṑ pseudoprophḗtā |
τοὺς ψευδοπροφήτᾱς toùs pseudoprophḗtās |
Vocative | ψευδοπροφῆτᾰ pseudoprophêta |
ψευδοπροφήτᾱ pseudoprophḗtā |
ψευδοπροφῆται pseudoprophêtai |
Descendants
[edit]- English: pseudoprophet
- → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌿𐍃 (galiugapraufētus), 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌰𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌿𐍃 (liugnapraufētus) (calque)
- Greek: ψευδοπροφήτης (psevdoprofítis)
- Latin: pseudoprophēta
- → Russian: лжепроро́к (lžeprorók) (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “ψευδοπροφήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψευδοπροφήτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5578 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)