Assassin
σικάριοςStrong’s G4607sikarios
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sikarios is the Greek word usually translated “assassins”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?”
Meaning
Usually translated “assassins”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- assassins 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
σικάριος sikarios · assassin
σικάριος, -ου, ὁ (Lat.; sica, a dagger carried under their clothing by the Sicarii), a bandit, assassin, one of the Sicarii (FlJ, B.J., ii, 17, 6, al.): Act.21:38.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “assassin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASSAS'SIN, noun
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.