G4811Greeksykophantḗsēte
συκοφαντήσητε
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)
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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
2
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices
- 2to extort from, defraud
- 3to exact money wrongfully
Etymology & Derivation
from a compound of g4810 and a derivative of g5316
Scholarly Notes
at athens those were ?????????? whose business it was to inform against any one whom they might detect exporting figs out of attica, and as sometimes they seemed to extort money from those loath to be exposed, the name "??????????" from the time of aristophanes down was a general term of opprobrium to designate, a malignant and base accuser for love of gain.