4607. sikarios
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sikarios: an assassin
Original Word: σικάριος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sikarios
Phonetic Spelling: (sik-ar'-ee-os)
Short Definition: an assassin, murderer
Definition: an assassin, murderer, bandit; one of the Sicarii.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of Latin origin, sica (a dagger)
Definition
an assassin
NASB Translation
Assassins (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 4607: σικάριος

σικάριος, σικαριου, (a Latin word), an assassin, i. e. one who carries a dagger or short sword (Latinsica (cf. Josephus, as below)) under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously anyone he wishes to (a cut-throat): Acts 21:38. (Josephus, b. j. 2, 17, 6 σικαριους ἐκάλουν τούς λῃστάς ἔχοντας ὑπό τοῖς κόλποις τά ξιφη (cf. 2, 13, 3); also Antiquities 20, 8, 10 σικαριοι λῃσταί εἰσί χρώμενοι ξιφιδιοις παραπλησιοις μέν τό μέγεθος τοῖς τῶν Περσῶν ἀκινακαις, ἐπικαμπεσι δέ ] καί ὁμοιοις ταῖς ὑπό Ῥωμαίων σικαις καλουμεναις, ἀφ' ὧν καί τήν προσηγοριαν οἱ ληστευοντες ἔλαβον πολλούς ἀναιροῦντες.) (Synonym: see φονεύς.)



Strong's
murderer.

Of Latin origin; a dagger-man or assassin; a freebooter (Jewish fanatic outlawed by the Romans) -- murderer. Compare phoneus.

see GREEK phoneus

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