Word study · Greek
pseudádelphos
false brother
Say it: psyoo-DAD-el-fos (approximate)
ψευδάδελφος
What it means
A person who claims to be a fellow believer but is not (pseudēs "false" plus adelphos "brother"). In 2:4 Paul speaks of "false brothers secretly brought in" to spy on the freedom believers have.
Range of meaning
- False brotherA pretender to the family.
- ImposterOne who deceives.
In Galatians
- Chapter 2
"Because of the false brothers secretly brought in" (2:4).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G5569 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources