To extort
συκοφαντέωStrong’s G4811sukophanteō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sukophanteō is the Greek word usually translated “may accuse falsely” and “have defrauded”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.”
Meaning
Usually translated “may accuse falsely” and “have defrauded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- may accuse falsely 1
- i have defrauded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
1 book in all.
Greek dictionary
συκοφαντέω sukophanteō · to extort
συκοφαντέω, -ῶ (σῦκον, φαίνω), [in LXX: Gen.43:18 (גָּלַל hithpo.), Lev.19:11 (שָׁקַר pi.), Job.35:9, Psa.119:122, Pro.14:31 2:16 28:3, Ecc.4:1 (עָשַׁק) ;] to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, see LS, see word), to accuse falsely (Aristoph., Xen., al.): Luk.3:14 (R, mg.) Luk.19:8 (RV, exact wrongfully; but cf. Hatch, Essays, 89 ff., see also Field, Notes, 56 f.; MM, xxiv).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “extort” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXTORT', verb intransitive
To practice extortion.
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.