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King James Bible

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.