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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #1455 - ἐγκάθετος
Transliteration
enkáthetos
Phonetics
eng-kath'-et-os
Parts of Speech
adjective
TDNT
None
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- secretly to lie in wait, a spy
- one who is bribed by others to entrap a man by crafty words
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
- Parsing
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Luke
1
BSB (1)
Luke
1
CSB (1)
Luke
1
ESV (1)
Luke
1
KJV (1)
Luke
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (1)
Luke
1
N95 (1)
Luke
1
NAS (1)
Luke
1
NLT (0)
The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Luke
2
YLT (1)
Luke
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
ἐγκάθ-ετος, ον,
(ἐγκαθίημι)
I put in secretly, suborned, προέδρους ἐ. ὑφέντες Pl. Ax. 368e, cf. D. 3.34, Plb. 13.5.1, Luke 20:20, J. BJ 6.5.2. Adv. - τως, δημηγορεῖν D.S. 16.68.
II of a child, = cross εἰσποιητός, Hyp. Fr. 56.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
ἐγκάθετος (T WH ἐνκαθετος, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκαθετου ὁ ἡ (ἐγκαθίημι (to send down in (secretly))), suborned to lie in wait; a lier-in-wait, a spy, (cf. Latininsidiator; 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; the Sept., Job (
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
ἐγκάθετος , see ἐνκ -.
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
εγκάθετοι εγκάθετος εγκαθέτους ἐγκαθέτους εγκαθήμενοι εγκαθημένοις εγκαθήμενον εγκαθήμενος εγκαθημένους εγκάθηνται εγκαθήσονται εγκάθηται ενεκαθήμεθα ενεκάθηντο ενεκάθησθε ενεκάθητο ενεκάθισαν ενεκάθισας ενκαθετους ἐνκαθέτους καθίσατε enkathetous en'kathétous
