Strong's G4811
συκοφαντέω(sykophantéō)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
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)
Derivation
from a compound of G4810 (σῦκον) and a derivative of G5316 (φαίνω);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, συκοφαντέω is translated as: accuse falsely, take by false accusation.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.