συκοφαντέω, -ῶ (σῦκον, φαίνω), [in LXX: Gen.43:18 (גָּלַל hithpo.), Lev.19:11 (שָׁקַר pi.), Job.35:9, Psa.119:122, Pro.14:31 2:16 28:3, Ecc.4:1 (עָשַׁק) ;] to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, see LS, see word), to accuse falsely (Aristoph., Xen., al.): Luk.3:14 (R, mg.) Luk.19:8 (RV, exact wrongfully; but cf. Hatch, Essays, 89 ff., see also Field, Notes, 56 f.; MM, xxiv).† (AS)
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sukophanteō · to extort · Greek
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Luke 3:14 · συκοφαντήσητεSoldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”Luke 19:8 · ἐσυκοφάντησα,Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”