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συκοφαντέω
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)

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s 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)

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

to inform against; to accuse falsely; by impl. to wrong by false accusations; to extort money by false informations, Lk. 3:14; 19:8*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

accuse falselytake by false accusation

Etymology

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

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