Definition

a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate

Etymology

from G5571 (ψευδής) and G80 (ἀδελφός);

Word family

• ψευδής pseudḗs
• ἀδελφός adelphós

How the KJV renders it

• false brethren

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.