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Lexicon :: Strong's G2585 - kapēleuō

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καπηλεύω
Transliteration
kapēleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
kap-ale-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From kapelos (a huckster)
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: 3:603,415

Trench's Synonyms: lxii. καπηλεύω, δολόω.

Strong’s Definitions

καπηλεύω kapēleúō, kap-ale-yoo'-o; from κάπηλος kápēlos (a huckster); to retail, i.e. (by implication) to adulterate (figuratively):—corrupt.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2585 in the following manner: corrupt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2585 in the following manner: corrupt (1x).

  1. to be a retailer, to peddle

  2. to make money by selling anything

    1. to get sordid gain by dealing in anything, to do a thing for base gain

    2. to trade in the word of God

      1. to try to get base gain by teaching divine truth

    3. to corrupt, to adulterate

      1. peddlers were in the habit of adulterating their commodities for the sake of gain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καπηλεύω kapēleúō, kap-ale-yoo'-o; from κάπηλος kápēlos (a huckster); to retail, i.e. (by implication) to adulterate (figuratively):—corrupt.
STRONGS G2585:
καπηλεύω; (κάπηλος, i. e.
a. an inn-keeper, especially a vintner;
b. a petty retailer, a huckster, pedler;
cf. Sir. 26:29 οὐ δικαιωθήσεται κάπηλος ἀπό ἁμαρτίας);
a. to be a retailer, to peddle;
b. with the accusative of the thing, to make money by selling anything; to get sordid gain by dealing in anything, to do a thing for base gain (οἱ τά μαθήματα περιαγοντες κατά πόλεις καί πωλοῦντες καί καπηλεύοντες, Plato, Prot., p. 313 d.; μάχην, Aeschylus the Sept. 551 (545); Latin cauponari bellum, i. e. to fight for gain, trade in war, Ennius quoted in Cicero, offic. 1, 12, 38; ἑταιραν τό τῆς ὥρας ἄνθος καπηλευουσαν, Philo de caritat. § 14, cf. leg. ad Gaium § 30, and many other examples in other authors). Hence, some suppose that καπηλεύειν τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ in 2 Corinthians 2:17 is equivalent to to trade in the word of God, i. e. to try to get base gain by teaching divine truth. But as pedlers were in the habit of adulterating their commodities for the sake of gain (οἱ κάπηλοί σου μίσγουσι τόν οἶνον ὕδατι, Isaiah 1:22 the Sept.; κάπηλοί, οἱ τόν οἶνον κεραννύντες, Pollux, onomast. 7, 193; οἱ φιλοσοφοι ἀποδιδονται τά μαθήματα, ὥσπερ οἱ κάπηλοί, κερασάμενοι γέ οἱ πολλοί καί δολωσαντες καί κακομετρουντες, Lucian. Hermot. 59), καπηλεύειν τί was also used as synonymous with to corrupt, to adulterate (Themistius, or. 21, p. 247, Hard. edition says that the false philosophers τό θειοτατον τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἀγαθῶν κιβδηλεύειν τέ καί αἰσχύνειν καί καπηλεύειν); and most interpreters rightly decide in favor of this meaning (on account of the context) in 2 Corinthians 2:17, cf. δολουν τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, 2 Corinthians 4:2. (Cf. Trench, § lxii.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
1:22
2 Corinthians
2:17; 2:17; 4:2

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Strong's Number G2585 matches the Greek καπηλεύω (kapēleuō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:17 - For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.
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