Strongs Number: G4811
- Greek Word
- συκοφαντέω
- Transliteration
- sukophanteō
- Phonetic
- soo-kof-an-teh'-o
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to be a fig informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece)
sycopant
that is (generally and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully extort) - Thayers Definition
-
1. to accuse wrongfully, to calumniate, to attack by malicious devices
2. to exact money wrongfully
a. to extort from, defraud
- Origin
- From a compound of G4810 and a derivative of G5316
- Bible Usage
- accuse falsely take by false accusation.