Strong's Greek Concordance

G4811: συκοφαντέω

sykophantéō · “to extort”

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 translates it as: accuse falsely, take by false accusation

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

Extended definition

συκοφαντέω, -ῶ
(σῦκον, φαίνω), [in LXX: Gen.43:18 (גָּלַל hithpo.), Lev.19:11 (שָׁקַר pi.), Job.35:9, Psa.119:122, Pro.14:31 2:16 28:3, Ecc.4:1 (עָשַׁק) ;]
to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, see LS, see word), to accuse falsely (Aristoph., Xen., al.): Luk.3:14 (R, mg.) Luk.19:8 (RV, exact wrongfully; but cf. Hatch, Essays, 89 ff., see also Field, Notes, 56 f.; MM, xxiv).†
(AS)

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How G4811 is translated

  • may accuse falsely ×1
  • i have defrauded, ×1

Bible verses with G4811 (sykophantéō)

Sykophantéō appears in 2 verses.

  • Luke 3:14

    And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

  • Luke 19:8

    And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.