Genuine
ἀνυπόκριτοςStrong’s G0505anupokritos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anupokritos is the Greek word usually translated “sincere”, “unfeigned” and “genuine”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:”
Meaning
Usually translated “sincere”, “unfeigned” and “genuine”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sincere 4
- unfeigned 1
- genuine 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- James 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- 2 Corinthians 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
- 2 Timothy 1:5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- 1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Greek dictionary
ἀνυπόκριτος anupokritos · genuine
ἀν-υπόκριτος, -ον (ά- neg., ὑποκρίνομαι) [in LXX: Wis.5:18 18:16 * ;] unfeigned: Rom.12:9, 2Co.6:6, 1Ti.1:5, 2Ti.1:5, Jas.3:17, 1Pe.1:22 (Cremer, 380; MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “genuine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GEN'UINE, adjective
[Latin genuinus, from enus, or its root. See Gender.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.