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Lexicon :: Strong's G4607 - sikarios

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σικάριος
Transliteration
sikarios (Key)
Pronunciation
sik-ar'-ee-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Latin origin
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:278,1026

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxiii. φονεύς, ἀνθρωποκτόνος, σικάριος.

Strong’s Definitions

σικάριος sikários, sik-ar'-ee-os; of Latin origin; a dagger-man or assassin; a freebooter (Jewish fanatic outlawed by the Romans):—murderer. Compare G5406.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4607 in the following manner: murderer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4607 in the following manner: murderer (1x).

  1. an assassin

    1. one who carries a dagger or short sword under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously any one he wishes to

    2. a cutthroat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σικάριος sikários, sik-ar'-ee-os; of Latin origin; a dagger-man or assassin; a freebooter (Jewish fanatic outlawed by the Romans):—murderer. Compare G5406.
STRONGS G4607:
σικάριος, σικαριου, ὁ (a Latin word), an assassin, i. e. one who carries a dagger or short sword (Latinsica (cf. Josephus, as below)) under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously anyone he wishes to (a cut-throat): Acts 21:38. (Josephus, b. j. 2, 17, 6 σικαριους ἐκάλουν τούς λῃστάς ἔχοντας ὑπό τοῖς κόλποις τά ξιφη (cf. 2, 13, 3); also Antiquities 20, 8, 10 σικαριοι λῃσταί εἰσί χρώμενοι ξιφιδιοις παραπλησιοις μέν τό μέγεθος τοῖς τῶν Περσῶν ἀκινακαις, ἐπικαμπεσι δέ ] καί ὁμοιοις ταῖς ὑπό Ῥωμαίων σικαις καλουμεναις, ἀφ' ὧν καί τήν προσηγοριαν οἱ ληστευοντες ἔλαβον πολλούς ἀναιροῦντες.) (Synonym: see φονεύς.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Acts
21:38

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Strong's Number G4607 matches the Greek σικάριος (sikarios),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"
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