Word Study · Strong's G4811 · Greek
συκοφαντέω
sykophanteo
soo-kof-an-teh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: sykophantéō
“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)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
accuse falsely, take by false accusation.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἐσυκοφάντησα,1
- συκοφαντήσητε1
How it is rendered · 2
- I have defrauded,1
- may accuse falsely1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-1S · 1
- V-AAS-2P · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 3:14συκοφαντήσητεsukophantēsēteverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluralThen some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”here: may accuse falsely
- Luke 19:8ἐσυκοφάντησα,esukophantēsaverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singularBut Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”here: I have defrauded,