G3557: νοσφίζομαι
nosphízomai · “to embezzle”
Definition
to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. embezzle
KJV translates it as: keep back, purloin
Word origin: middle voice from (apart or clandestinely);
Extended definition
νοσφίζω
(νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos.7:1 (לָקַח), 2Ma.4:32 * ;]
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: absol., Tit.2:10 (for ex. in π., see MM, xvii); before ἀπό, Act.5:2-3.†
(AS)
(νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos.7:1 (לָקַח), 2Ma.4:32 * ;]
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: absol., Tit.2:10 (for ex. in π., see MM, xvii); before ἀπό, Act.5:2-3.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3557 is translated
- he kept back ×1
- to keep back ×1
- pilfering ×1
Bible verses with G3557 (nosphízomai)
Nosphízomai appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 5:2
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Titus 2:10
Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.