hupokrites is a rebuking designation for people confronted over conduct that conflicts with what they show or claim.

The term is used as a direct, condemnatory designation in rebukes: it addresses people whose outward religious actions contrast with what the surrounding clause exposes, and it also marks those challenged for failed discernment, testing, or inconsistent judgment.

1. Condemnatory designation in rebuke · dominant

   The vocative plural form directly addresses scribes and Pharisees in a series of woes: in Matthew 23:13 the APB renders their blocking of others' entry, and in Matthew 23:23 it renders their tithing while leaving judgment, mercy, and faith undone. In Matthew 23:25 and Matthew 23:27, the rebuke is paired with an outside/inside contrast—clean exteriors versus plunder and self-indulgence, and beautiful outward appearance versus inward uncleanness. The singular vocative form is used in Matthew 7:5 when a person is told first to remove the plank from his own eye before removing a brother's speck.

   Matthew 23:13Matthew 23:23Matthew 23:25Matthew 23:27Matthew 7:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the noun as “hypocrites” or, in singular address, “Hypocrite.” Its wording confirms the verse-level rebukes rather than establishing a separate rendering for each grammatical form.