Strong's G4811 · Greek

συκοφαντέω

sukophanteo · soo-kof-an-teh'-o

from a compound of 4810 and a derivative of 5316; 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)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

συκοφαντέω (G4811)

2 συκοφαντέω , -ῶ ( σῦκον , φαίνω ), [in LXX: Ge 43:18 ( גּלל hithpo.), Le 19:11 ( שׁקר pi.), Jb 35:9 , Ps 118 (119):122 , Pr 14:31 22:16 28:3 , Ec 4:1 ( עשׁק ) *;] to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, v. LS, s.v.), to accuse falsely (Aristoph., Xen., al.): Lk 3:14 (R, mg.) 19:8 (RV, exact wrongfully ; but cf. Hatch, Essays , 89 ff., v. also Field, Notes , 56 f.; MM, xxiv).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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