Explicitly called ho pseudoprophētēs (ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης) three times in Revelation (16:13; 19:20; 20:10) and identified as the second Beast of Revelation 13 (the beast from the earth).

Define

• Hebrew

  • sheqer (שֶׁקֶר): lie, falsehood, deception, what is false
  • kazav (כָּזָב): lie, falsehood, deceptive thing, vanity (used especially of false visions or prophecies

• Greek

  • pseudodidaskalos (ψευδοδιδάσκαλος): false teacher
  • pseudochristos (ψευδόχριστος): false Messiah, false anointed one
  • planos (πλάνος): deceiver, impostor, one who leads astray

Land and Dwelling

Dwelling Places

• Comes up out of the earth (ἐκ τῆς γῆς) (Rev 13:11)

Journeys

• Exercises authority “in the presence of” (ἐνώπιον) the first beast (Rev 13:12, 14)

Occupation and Military

• Performs great signs (σημεῖα μεγάλα) (Rev 13:13; 19:20)
• Causes the earth to worship the first beast (Rev 13:12)
• Makes a living image of the first beast (Rev 13:14–15)
• Enforces the mark of the beast (χάραγμα τοῦ θηρίου) (Rev 13:16–17)
• Calls fire down from heaven (Rev 13:13)

Medical and Death

Righteousness and Unrighteousness

Righteousness

Unrighteousness

• Called “the false prophet” (ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης) (Rev 16:13; 19:20; 20:10)
• Deceives those who dwell on the earth (Rev 13:14)
• Performs signs by which he deceives (Rev 19:20)
• Cast alive into the lake of fire (Rev 19:20; 20:10)

Other

• Has two horns like a lamb but speaks like a dragon (Rev 13:11)
• Identified together with the dragon and the beast as the unclean spirits like frogs (Rev 16:13)

Connections

• Rev 13:11–18 (the beast from the earth)
• Rev 16:13
• Rev 19:20
• Rev 20:10