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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4811 - συκοφαντέω

Transliteration

sykophantéō

Phonetics

soo-kof-an-teh'-o

Origin

from a compound of (G4810) and a derivative of (G5316)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

7:759,1100

Definition

Thayer's

to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices
to exact money wrongfully
1. to extort from, defraud

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1556 ‑ גָּלַל (gaw‑lal'); 6231 ‑ עָשַׁק (aw‑shak'); 8266 ‑ שָׁקַר (shaw‑kar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

Luke

NAS (3)

Luke

HCS (2)

Luke

BSB (2)

Luke

ESV (2)

Luke

WEB (4)

Luke

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σῡκοφαντ-έω,

to be a συκοφάντης 1, παππῷος ὁ βίος συκοφαντεῖν ἐστί μοι Ar. Av. 1452, cf. Ach. 828, Ec. 562, al., Lys. 22.1, Isoc. 15.23, 21.5, al., D. 53.1, 55.1, al., Men. Epit. 1, al.; ς κατ' ἀγοράν Diph. 32.16: c. acc. pers., prosecute vexatiously, blackmail, συκοφαντεῖς τοὺς ξένους; Ar. Av. 1431, cf. V. 1096 (lyr.); τοὺς συμμάχους Isoc. 15.318; ἑτέρους ἔσειε καὶ ἐσυκοφάντει Antipho 6.43; ς. τοὺς τὰς οὐσίας ἔχοντας Arist. Pol. 1304b22, cf. Lys. 19.9 (Pass.); συκοφαντοῦμαι νῦν ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀδίκως Id. Fr. 43, cf. X. Oec. 11.21, Thphr. Char. 23.4; ἰδόντες.. σε ὑπὸ Δημέου συκοφαντούμενον PMich.Zen. 57.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 212.4, 628.3 (iii B.C.), CPR 232.3 (ii/iii A.D.); freq. of blackmail by officials, PTeb. 43.26, 789.21 (ii B.C.), UPZ 112i4, 113.10, 16 (ii B.C.); συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ διασεῖσαι BGU 1756.11 (i B.C.); μηδένα διασείσητε μηδὲ συκοφαντήσητε Luke 3:14, cf. CPR 238.6 (ii A.D.), PFlor. 382.57 (iii A.D.); τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς to seek occasion against us, oppress us, LXX Genesis 43:18; ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα ib. Proverbs 14:31; accuse falsely, ταυτὶ γὰρ συκοφαντεῖσθαι τὸν Ἕκτορα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου that is a false charge brought against Hector by Homer, Philostr. Her. 12b; κύριε Γάϊε, συκοφαντούμεθα Ph. 2.598, cf. 1.145, D.C. 38.28, al.: c. acc. et gen., τὸν θεὸν ὀλιγωρίας Ael. Fr. 40: c. acc. rei, denounce as contraband, Μεγαρέων τὰ χλανίσκια Ar. Ach. 519; extort by false charges or threats, τριάκοντα μνᾶς Lys. 26.24; εἴ τινός τι ἐσυκοφάντησα, ἀποδίδωμι τετραπλοῦν Luke 19:8 : abs., Isoc. 18.10.

2. criticize in a pettifogging way, τοὺς ποιητάς Arist. Po. 1456a5, cf. D.H. Th. 52, Dem. 34, D.S. 26.1; lay verbal traps for one, τὸν ῥήτορα βουλόμενος δικαίως ἐξετάζειν καὶ μὴ ς. D. 18.232; ς. Θρασύμαχον Pl. R. 341c; ὑποσκελίζειν καὶ ς. D. 18.138: c. acc. rei, quibble about, μὴ τὰ συμβάντα συκοφάντει ib.192; ς. τὸ πρᾶγμα Id. 23.61, D.H. Dem. 25; carp at, stint, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς καλλίστοις ἔργοις ἔπαινον D.S. 4.8: abs., quibble, Pl. R. 341b, Arist. Top. 139b26, 157a32, D. 20.62.

II = κνίζω ἐρωτικῶς, Pl.Com. 255, Men. 1071.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

συκοφαντέω , -ῶ

(< σῦκον , φαίνω ),

[in LXX: Genesis 43:18 (H1556 hithpo.), Leviticus 19:11 (H8266 pi.), Job 35:9, Psalms 119:122, Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 28:3, Ecclesiastes 4:1 (H6231);]

to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, v. LS, s.v.), to accuse falsely (Aristoph., Xen., al.): Luke 3:14 (R, mg.) Luke 19:8 (RV, exact wrongfully; but cf. Hatch, Essays, 89 ff., v. also Field, Notes, 56 f.; MM, xxiv).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

εσυκοφαντησα εσυκοφάντησα ἐσυκοφάντησα συκοφαντεί συκοφάντην συκοφάντης συκοφαντήσαι συκοφαντησάτωσάν συκοφαντήσει συκοφαντησητε συκοφαντήσητε συκοφαντία συκοφαντίαν συκοφαντίας συκοφαντιών συκοφαντούμενοι συκοφαντουμένων συκοφαντούντων συκοφαντών esukophantesa esukophantēsa esykophantesa esykophantēsa esykophántesa esykophántēsa sukophantesete sukophantēsēte sykophantesete sykophantēsēte sykophantḗsete sykophantḗsēte

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