Pseudoprophḗtēs — G5578

Definition

masculine noun

a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor

Usually translated as

false prophet

Origin

from G5571 and G4396

• pseudḗs (G5571)
• prophḗtēs (G4396)

Occurrences

Pseudoprophḗtēs occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Mark (1), Luke (1), Acts (1), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (1), Revelation (3)

• Matthew 7:15 — Beware of false prophets (ψευδοπροφητῶν), which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• Matthew 24:11 — And many false prophets (ψευδοπροφῆται) shall rise, and shall deceive many.
• Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets (ψευδοπροφῆται), and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
• Mark 13:22 — For false Christs and false prophets (ψευδοπροφῆται) shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
• Luke 6:26 — Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets (ψευδοπροφήταις).
• Acts 13:6 — And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet (ψευδοπροφήτην), a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
• 2 Peter 2:1 — But there were false prophets (ψευδοπροφῆται) also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• 1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets (ψευδοπροφῆται) are gone out into the world.
• Revelation 16:13 — And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet (ψευδοπροφήτου).
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet (ψευδοπροφήτης) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet (ψευδοπροφήτης) are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.