Lexicon nosphizó: to abandon, to set apart Original Word: νοσφίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nosphizó Phonetic Spelling: (nos-fid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I rob, purloin Definition: I rob; mid: I set apart for myself, appropriate for my own benefit, purloin. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom nosphi (apart) Definitionto abandon, to set apart NASB Translationkeep back (1), kept back (1), pilfering (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3557: νοσφίζωνοσφίζω: middle, present participle νοσφιζόμενος; 1 aorist ἐνοσφισαμην; ( νόσφι afar, apart); to set apart, separate, divide; middle to set apart or separate for oneself, i. e. to purloin, embezzle, withdraw covertly and appropriate to one's own use: χρήματα, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 42; Plutarch, Lucull. 37; Aristid. 4; μηδέν τῶν ἐκ τῆς διαρπαγης, Polybius 10, 16, 6; χρυσώματα, 2 Macc. 4:32; ἀλλότρια, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 29; absolutely, Titus 2:10; ( τί) ἀπό τίνος, Acts 5:2, 3 (here A. V. keep back); the Sept. Joshua 7:1; ἐκ τίνος, Athen. 6, p. 234 a.
Strong's keep back, purloin. Middle voice from nosphi (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. Embezzle -- keep back, purloin. |
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