Strong's Greek Concordance

G5569: ψευδάδελφος

pseudádelphos · “false brother”

Definition

a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate

KJV translates it as: false brethren

Word origin: from G5571 (ψευδής) and G80 (ἀδελφός);

Extended definition

ψευδ-άδελφος, -ου, ὁ
a false brother: of professing Christians, 2Co.11:26, Gal.2:4.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G5569 is translated

  • false brothers, ×2

Bible verses with G5569 (pseudádelphos)

Pseudádelphos appears in 2 verses.

  • 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;

  • 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: