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to accuse falsely Original Word: συκοφαντέωTransliteration: sukophanteó Phonetic Spelling: (soo-kof-an-teh'-o) Short Definition: accuse falsely
from sukon and phainó Definition to accuse falsely NASB Word Usage accuse...falsely (1), defrauded (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From a compound of sukon and a derivative of phaino; 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) -- accuse falsely, take by false accusation. see GREEK sukon see GREEK phaino ἐσυκοφάντησα (esukophantēsa) − 1 Occurrence συκοφαντήσητε (sukophantēsēte) − 1 Occurrence
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