G5569

ψευδάδελφος

pseudadelphos

Masculine noun · From ψευδής (G5571) and ἀδελφός (G80)

From G5571 and G80; a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate:—false brethren.

Outline

a false brother
one who ostentatiously professes to be a Christian, but is destitute of Christian knowledge and piety

Usages

2 Corinthians 11:26

In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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Galatians 2:4

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

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