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  #4811 συκοφαντέω sukophanteo {soo-kof-an-teh'-o}

 from a compound of G4810 and a derivative of G5316; TDNT - 7:759,1100; v

—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 1) to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices
 2) to exact money wrongfully
    2a) to extort from, defraud

 At Athens those were "sukophantia" whose business it was to inform
 against any one whom they might detect exporting figs out of Attica;
 and as sometimes they seemed to extort money from those loath to be
 exposed, the name "sukophantes" from the time of Aristophanes down
 was a general term of opprobrium to designate, a malignant and base
 accuser from love of gain.

—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)

From a compound of G4810 and a derivative of G5316; to be a fig informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycopant", that is, (generally and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort):—accuse falsely, take by false accusation.

—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)

  • #4811.
  • συκοφαντε´ω
  • sukophanteō; from 4810 and 5316; to accuse falsely:—
  • NASB - accuse...falsely(1), defrauded(1).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

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 AV - accuse falsely 1, take by false accusation 1; 2
falsely
Luke 3:14.
taken
Luke 19:8.
The following translates multiple Greek words:
accusation
Luke 19:8.

—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)


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