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G4811 · συκοφαντέω

sykophantéō

Primary-Source Attested

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)

KJV gloss list in the source

accuse falsely, take by false accusation

Derivation recorded by Strong

from a compound of G4810 (σῦκον) and a derivative of G5316 (φαίνω);

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