G4811 · συκοφαντέω
sykophantéō · accuse falsely, taken by false accusation
G4811 (sykophantéō) is the Greek word συκοφαντέω in Strong’s dictionary: 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). It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- συκοφαντέω (Greek)
- Transliteration
- sykophantéō
- Derivation
- from a compound of G4810 (σῦκον) and a derivative of G5316 (φαίνω);
- 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)
- Rendered in the KJV
- accuse falsely, take by false accusation
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
2 occurrences in 2 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “I have cheated” ×1
- “false accusation” ×1
By book
Luke 2
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G4811.