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Lexicon :: Strong's G1455 - egkathetos

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ἐγκάθετος
Transliteration
egkathetos (Key)
Pronunciation
eng-kath'-et-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐν (G1722) and a derivative of καθίημι (G2524)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐγκάθετος enkáthetos, eng-kath'-et-os; from G1722 and a derivative of G2524; subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait:—spy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1455 in the following manner: spy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1455 in the following manner: spy (1x).
  1. secretly to lie in wait, a spy

  2. one who is bribed by others to entrap a man by crafty words

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐγκάθετος enkáthetos, eng-kath'-et-os; from G1722 and a derivative of G2524; subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait:—spy.
STRONGS G1455:
ἐγκάθετος [T WH ἐνκ., see ἐν, III. 3], -ου, , , (ἐγκαθίημι [to send down in (secretly)]), suborned to lie in wait; a lier-in-wait, spy, [cf. Latin insidiator; English insidious]: used in Luke 20:20 of one who is suborned by others to entrap a man by crafty words. (Plato, Ax., p. 368 e.; Demosthenes, p. 1483, 1; Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 2; Polybius 13, 5, 1, others; Sept., [Job 19:12]; Job 31:9.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
19:12; 31:9
Luke
20:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1455 matches the Greek ἐγκάθετος (egkathetos),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
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