Lexical Summary nosphizō: to abandon, to set apart Original Word: νοσφίζωTransliteration: nosphizō Phonetic Spelling: (nos-fid'-zom-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to abandon, to set apart Meaning: to abandon, to set apart Strong's Concordance keep back, purloin. Middle voice from nosphi (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. Embezzle -- keep back, purloin. Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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