νοσφίζω (νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos.7:1 (לָקַח), 2Ma.4:32 * ;] 1. in Hom., as depon., to turn away (from), abandon. 2. After Hom., in act., to set apart, remove. Mid., to set apart for oneself, peculate, purloin: absol., Tit.2:10 (for ex. in π., see MM, xvii); before ἀπό, Act.5:2-3.† (AS)
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G3557 — νοσφίζω
nosphizō · to embezzle · Greek
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Acts 5:2 · ἐνοσφίσατοand did keep back of the price—his wife also knowing—and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid it.Acts 5:3 · νοσφίσασθαιAnd Peter said, ‘Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?Titus 2:10 · νοσφιζομένουςnot purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.