ΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ, νοσφισασθαι
NOSPHISASTHAI, nosphisasthai
Sounds Like: nos-phi-SAH-sthai
Translations: to embezzle, to keep back, to purloin, to defraud, to appropriate, to steal
From the root: ΝΟΣΦΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to set apart for oneself, to appropriate, or to embezzle, often implying a fraudulent or dishonest act of keeping something back that belongs to another or to the common fund. It describes the action of secretly retaining or taking something that should have been shared or given over.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 5:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 5:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΣΦΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΝΤΟ — kept back, withheld, embezzled, purloined, appropriated, stole
- ἘΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΤΟ — kept back, withheld, appropriated, embezzled
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to defraud, to embezzle, to keep back, to purloin, to steal
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΕΤΑΙ — to defraud, to embezzle, to steal, to purloin, to keep back, to separate oneself, to withdraw
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — holding back, keeping back, defrauding, purloining, embezzling, stealing, separating, withdrawing
- ΝΟΣΦΙΖΩ — to defraud, to purloin, to keep back, to embezzle, to steal
- ΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having set apart, having kept back, having purloined, having defrauded
- ΝΟΣΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having set apart, having purloined, having kept back, having embezzled
- ΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having purloined, having embezzled, having stolen, having kept back, having defrauded
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