νοσφίζομαι
nosphizomai · keep back
Greek word · Strong’s number G3557 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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nosphizomai (νοσφίζομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “keep back”.
For oneself secretly a part of what belongs to others; pilfer.
How to say it
nos·phi·zo·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To secretly hold on to something belonging to others.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- kept back part ×2
- pilfering ×1
Where it appears
- Acts 5:2
and he kept back part of the price, his wife also knowing it, and bringing a certain part, he laid it at the feet of the apostles.
- Acts 5:3
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back part of the price of the land?
- Titus 2:10
not pilfering, but showing all good faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.