Strong's G4811
συκοφαντέω
- Transliteration
- sykophantéō
- Definition
- 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)
- KJV usage
- accuse falsely, take by false accusation
- Derivation
- from a compound of G4810 (σῦκον) and a derivative of G5316 (φαίνω);
From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.