To embezzle
νοσφίζωStrong’s G3557nosphizō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nosphizō is the Greek word usually translated “kept back”, “keep back” and “pilfering”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”
Meaning
Usually translated “kept back”, “keep back” and “pilfering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he kept back 1
- to keep back 1
- pilfering 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Titus 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
νοσφίζω nosphizō · to embezzle
νοσφίζω (νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos.7:1 (לָקַח), 2Ma.4:32 * ;] 1. in Hom., as depon., to turn away (from), abandon. 2. After Hom., in act., to set apart, remove. Mid., to set apart for oneself, peculate, purloin: absol., Tit.2:10 (for ex. in π., see MM, xvii); before ἀπό, Act.5:2-3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “embezzle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EMBEZ'ZLE, verb transitive
[Heb. signifies to plunder.]
- To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use what is entrusted to one's care and management.
- To waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.