Strong's Number 4811
Transliteration:
sukophanteo
{soo-kof-an-teh'-o}
Word Origin:
from a compound of
4810 and a derivative of
5316TDNT:
7:759,1100
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
accuse falsely 1, take by false accusation 1
Total: 2
Definition:
- to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices
- to exact money wrongfully
- to extort from, defraud At Athens those were "sukophantia" whose business it was to inform against any one whom they might detect exporting figs out of Attica; and as sometimes they seemed to extort money from those loath to be exposed, the name "sukophantes" from the time of Aristophanes down was a general term of opprobrium to designate, a malignant and base accuser from love of gain.