Midvash

ἐγκάθετοςenkáthetos

subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait

Greek (New Testament) · G1455

Meanings

suborned to lie in wait; a lier-in-wait, spy, [cf. Lat. insidiator; Eng. insidious]: used in Lk. xx. 20 of one who is suborned by others to entrap a man by crafty words. (Plat. Ax. p. 368 e.; Dem. p. 1483, 1; Joseph. b. j. 6, 5, 2; Polyb. 13, 5, 1, al.; Sept., Job [xix. 12]; xxxi. 9.)*

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Luke 20:20 Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.

Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.