Counterfeit

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. t.) To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

(2): (n.) That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.

(3): (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

(4): (v. t.) To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.

(5): (n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

(6): (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

(7): (v. i.) To make counterfeits.

(8): (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.

(9): (adv.) Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.

(10): (adv.) Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

koun´tẽr - fit ( κίβδηλος , kı́bdēlos , ἀνατυπόω , anatupóō , ὁμοιόω , homoióō ): "Counterfeit" occurs as the translation of kibdēlos , "mixed with dross," "not genuine" (The Wisdom of Solomon 15:9, "to make counterfeit things," the Revised Version (British and American) "mouldeth counterfeits," spurious things, imitations"); 2:16 the Revised Version (British and American) "base metal" (compare Septuagint  Leviticus 19:19;  Deuteronomy 22:11 , "mingled garment," and  2 Corinthians 13:5 ,  2 Corinthians 13:6 , adókimos , "reprobate" (silver)). "Counterfeit" in the older sense of a representation occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 14:17 ( anatupoō , "to make a likeness"), "counterfeit of his visage," the Revised Version (British and American) "imagining the likeness from afar," and Ecclesiasticus 38:27 ( homoioō , "to make like"), "to counterfeit imagery," the Revised Version (British and American) "to preserve likeness in his portraiture."