Dictionaries :: Feign, Feigned

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Feign, Feigned:

primarily denotes "to answer;" then, "to answer on the stage, play a part," and so, metaphorically, "to feign, pretend," Luk 20:20. Cp. hupokrites, "a hypocrite," and hupokrisis, "hypocrisy."

Feign, Feigned:

primarily denotes "formed, molded" (from plasso, to mold; Eng., "plastic"); then, metaphorically, "made up, fabricated, feigned," 2Pe 2:3. Cp. plasma, "that which is molded," Rom 9:20.