- Original: ὑποκριτής - Transliteration: Hupokrites - Phonetic: hoop-ok-ree-tace' - Definition: 1. one who answers, an interpreter 2. an actor, stage player 3. a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite - Origin: from G5271 - TDNT entry: 17:19,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G5271 ; an actor under an assumed character (stage player) that is (figuratively) a dissembler (hypocrite): - hypocrite.