Strong's Number G4811

συκοφαντέω

sukophanteo · soo-kof-an-teh'-o

Transliteration:

sukophanteo{soo-kof-an-teh'-o}

Word Origin:

from a compound of 4810 and a derivative of 5316

TDNT:

7:759,1100

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's 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)

Usage in the KJV:

accuse falsely 1, take by false accusation 1

Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices
to exact money wrongfully
1. 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.