“a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a Pharisee, a follower of the sect of the Pharisees, a numerous and powerful sect of the Jews, distinguished for their ceremonial observances, and apparent sanctity of life, and for being rigid interpreters of the Mosaic law; but who frequently violated its spirit by their traditional interpretations and precepts, to which they ascribed nearly an equal authority with the OT Scriptures, Mt. 5:20; 12:2; 23:14
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
of Hebrew origin (compare H6567);
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“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”