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Lexicon :: Strong's G3557 - nosphizō

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νοσφίζω
Transliteration
nosphizō (Key)
Pronunciation
nos-fid'-zom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from nosphi (apart or clandestinely)
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Strong’s Definitions

†νοσφίζομαι nosphízomai, nos-fid'-zom-ahee; middle voice from νοσφί nosphí (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. embezzle:—keep back, purloin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3557 in the following manner: keep back (2x), purloin (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3557 in the following manner: keep back (2x), purloin (1x).

  1. to set apart, separate, divide

  2. to set apart or separate for one's self

  3. to purloin, embezzle, withdraw covertly and appropriate to one's own use

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†νοσφίζομαι nosphízomai, nos-fid'-zom-ahee; middle voice from νοσφί nosphí (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. embezzle:—keep back, purloin.
STRONGS G3557:
νοσφίζω: middle, present participle νοσφιζόμενος; 1 aorist ἐνοσφισαμην; (νόσφι afar, apart); to set apart, separate, divide; middle to set apart or separate for oneself, i. e. to purloin, embezzle, withdraw covertly and appropriate to one's own use: χρήματα, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 42; Plutarch, Lucull. 37; Aristid. 4; μηδέν τῶν ἐκ τῆς διαρπαγης, Polybius 10, 16, 6; χρυσώματα, 2 Macc. 4:32; ἀλλότρια, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 29; absolutely, Titus 2:10; (τί) ἀπό τίνος, Acts 5:2, 3 (here A. V. keep back); the Sept. Joshua 7:1; ἐκ τίνος, Athen. 6, p. 234 a.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
7:1
Acts
5:2; 5:3
Titus
2:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3557 matches the Greek νοσφίζω (nosphizō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:2 - and with his wife’s full knowledge [and complicity] he kept back some of the proceeds, bringing only a [fn]portion of it, and set it at the apostles’ feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:3 - But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:10 - not stealing [things, regardless of value], but proving themselves trustworthy, so that in every respect they will adorn and do credit to the teaching of God our Savior.
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