Pharisee
ΦαρισαῖοςStrong’s G5330Pharisaios
Appears in 95 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pharisaios is the Greek word usually translated “pharisees” and “pharisee”. It appears in 95 verses of the New Testament.
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
Meaning
Usually translated “pharisees” and “pharisee”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pharisees 79
- the pharisees 6
- a pharisee 6
- pharisee 5
- of pharisees 2
- the pharisee 1
- to pharisees 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 30
- Luke 27
- John 19
- Mark 11
- Acts 7
- Philippians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
- Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
- Matthew 12:2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
- Matthew 12:14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
All 95 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios · Pharisee
Φαρισαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Aram. פְּרִישָׁא; see Dalman, Gr., 157.n, Words, 2.n), a Pharisee: Mat.23:26, Php.3:5; usually in pl., Mat.9:11, Mrk.2:18, al.; Φ. κ. γραμματεῖς, Mat.5:20, Mrk.2:16, Luk.5:21, al.; Φ. κ. Σαδδυκαῖοι, Mat.16:1, Act.23:6, 7 al.; ἀρχιερεῖς, Mat.21:45, Jhn.7:32, al. (see DB, iii, 826b). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pharisee” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PHAR'ISEE, noun
[Heb. to separate.]
One of a sect among the Jews, whose religion consisted in a strict observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretended holiness led them to separate themselves as a sect, considering themselves as more righteous than other Jews.
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.