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GreekG3557Verb

νοσφίζω

nosphizō

3Occurrences
G3557Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. embezzle

middle voice from (apart or clandestinely);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in Hom., as depon., to turn away (from), abandon.
2.After Hom., in act., to set apart, remove. Mid., to set apart for oneself, peculate, purloin
LXX: (לָקַח), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

νοσφίζω appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
Titus
1

Key Passages

Acts 5:2BSB

With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 5:3BSB

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

Titus 2:10BSB

not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.