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συκοφαντέω

Lemmaσυκοφαντέω
Citation formσυκοφαντέω
Part of speechverb
GlossI accuse falsely, defraud
Strong’sG4811
Transliterationsykophantéō
Definitionto 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 glosses:--accuse falsely, take by false accusation.
Derivationfrom a compound of and a derivative of
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