συκοφαντέω
sykophanteō · extort
Greek word · Strong’s number G4811 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sykophanteō (συκοφαντέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “extort”.
Take money by false accusation or by force.
How to say it
sy·ko·phan·te·ō
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 squeeze money out of someone by lying charges.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I have extorted by false accusation ×1
- accuse anyone falsely ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 3:14
And soldiers also were asking him, saying, “And we, what should we do?” And he said to them, “Extort money from no one and do not accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”
- Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone by false accusation, I pay back four times as much.”