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Lexicon :: Strong's G4811 - sykophanteō

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συκοφαντέω
Transliteration
sykophanteō (Key)
Pronunciation
soo-kof-an-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of σῦκον (G4810) and a derivative of φαίνω (G5316)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:759,1100

Strong’s Definitions

συκοφαντέω sykophantéō, soo-kof-an-teh'-o; 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), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort):—accuse falsely, take by false accusation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4811 in the following manner: accuse falsely (1x), take by false accusation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4811 in the following manner: accuse falsely (1x), take by false accusation (1x).

  1. to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices

  2. to exact money wrongfully

    1. to extort from, defraud

      "From sykon phainein, orig. used of denouncers of the attempted export of figs from Athens, acc. to Ister 35, Plu. Sol. 24, 2.523b; orig. of citizens entrusted with the collection of figs as part of the public revenues of Athens and the denouncing of tax-evaders, acc. to Philomnest.1; of denouncers of figs which had been stolen from the sacred fig-trees during a famine and had become cheap, the famine having passed, Sch. Ar. Pl. 31, cf. Fest. p.393 L.; these and modern explanations are mere guesses; the word first in Ar. but implied by sykopedilos." (Liddel-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
συκοφαντέω sykophantéō, soo-kof-an-teh'-o; 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), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort):—accuse falsely, take by false accusation.
STRONGS G4811:
συκοφαντέω, συκοφάντω; 1 aorist ἐσυκοφάντησα; (from συκοφάντης, and this from σῦκον 'fig', and φαίνω 'to show'. At Athens those were called συκοφανται whose business it was to inform against anyone whom they might detect exporting figs out of Attica; and as sometimes they seem to have extorted money from those loath to he exposed, the name συκοφάντης from the time of Aristophanes down was a general term of opprobrium to designate a malignant informer, a calumniator; a malignant and base accuser from love of gain (but cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word); hence, the verb συκοφάντω signifies)
1. to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others).
2. to exact money wrongfully; to extort from, defraud: Luke 3:14 (here R. V. margin accuse wrongfully); with a genitive of the person and accusative of the thing, Luke 19:8 (τριάκοντα μνᾶς παρά τίνος Lysias, p. 177, 32. The Sept. for עָשַׁק, to oppress, defraud, Job 35:9; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 118:122 (Ps. 119:122); πένητα, Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 22:16; πτωχούς, Proverbs 28:3).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
35:9
Psalms
119:122
Proverbs
14:31; 22:16; 28:3
Ecclesiastes
4:1
Luke
3:14; 19:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4811 matches the Greek συκοφαντέω (sykophanteō),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 - “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out;
they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:122

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 - Give your servant a pledge of good;
let not the insolent oppress me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
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