What does ψευδάδελφος (pseudádelphos) mean in the Bible?
ψευδάδελφος (pseudádelphos) is a Greek word meaning "false brother".
Greek · G5569
ψευδάδελφος
False brother
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ψευδάδελφος G5569
Pronunciation pseudádelphos
What does ψευδάδελφος (pseudádelphos) mean in the Bible?
ψευδάδελφος (pseudádelphos) is a Greek word meaning "false brother".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5569?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include false brothers (2).
Where does ψευδάδελφος (pseudádelphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 11:26. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It false brothers 2× 2 Corinthians 11:26, Galatians 2:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 11:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
2 Corinthians 1 Galatians 1
Source forms
ψευδαδέλφοις 1x pseudadelphois 2 Corinthians 11:26
ψευδαδέλφους 1x pseudadelphous Galatians 2:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Galatians 2:4
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 11:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. false brother
Strong's G5569
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
false brother
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 11:26 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
ψευδαδέλφοις· yeudadelfoiv
a false brother
Read verse Galatians 2:4 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ψευδαδέλφους, yeudadelfouv
a false brother
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Masculine 2 Cor 11:26 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Gal 2:4 1×
Word Origins
ψευδάδελφος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain