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ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΣΑΣ, συκοφαντησας

SYKOPHANTĒSAS, sykophantēsas

Sounds Like: soo-koh-fan-TAY-sas

Translations: having accused falsely, having slandered, having extorted, having defrauded

From the root: ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Adverb

Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'συκοφαντέω' (sykophanteō), meaning 'to accuse falsely, to slander, to extort, or to defraud'. As a participle, it describes an action completed in the past by the subject of the main verb, functioning adjectivally to modify a noun or adverbially to describe the circumstances of the main action. It implies an act of malicious or unjust accusation, often with the intent of gain.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular

Strong’s number: G4811 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Life of Flavius Josephus, The
  • The Life of Flavius Josephus — 11:52

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ.

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.

  • ΑΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΤΟΝ — not to be falsely accused, not to be defrauded, not subject to false accusation, not subject to extortion
  • ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤ — slanderer, false accuser, extortioner, a slanderer, a false accuser, an extortioner
  • ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΝ — slanderer, false accuser, extortioner, a slanderer, a false accuser, an extortioner
  • ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΣ — sycophant, informer, false accuser, extortioner, a sycophant, an informer, a false accuser, an extortioner
  • ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΗΣΑΙ — to accuse falsely, to extort, to defraud, to oppress
  • ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΙΩΝ — of false accusation, of extortion, of slander, of calumny

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