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Strong's Number G2585

καπηλεύω

kapeleuo · kap-ale-yoo'-o

Transliteration:

kapeleuo{kap-ale-yoo'-o}

Word Origin:

from kapelos (a huckster)

TDNT:

3:603,415

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to retail, i.e. (by implication) to adulterate (figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

corrupt 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to be a retailer, to peddle
to make money by selling anything
1. to get sordid gain by dealing in anything, to do a thing for base gain
2. to trade in the word of God
  1. to try to get base gain by teaching divine truth
3. to corrupt, to adulterate
  1. peddlers were in the habit of adulterating their commodities for the sake of gain