3557. nosphizó
Strong's Concordance
nosphizó: to abandon, to set apart
Original Word: νοσφίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nosphizó
Phonetic Spelling: (nos-fid'-zom-ahee)
Short Definition: I rob, purloin
Definition: I rob; mid: I set apart for myself, appropriate for my own benefit, purloin.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3557: νοσφίζω

νοσφίζω: 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
keep back, purloin.

Middle voice from nosphi (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. Embezzle -- keep back, purloin.

Forms and Transliterations
ενοσφίσαντο ενοσφισατο ενοσφίσατο ἐνοσφίσατο νοσφιζομενους νοσφιζομένους νοσφισασθαι νοσφίσασθαι enosphisato enosphísato nosphisasthai nosphísasthai nosphizomenous nosphizoménous
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3 Occurrences


ἐνοσφίσατο — 1 Occ.
νοσφίσασθαι — 1 Occ.
νοσφιζομένους — 1 Occ.

Acts 5:2 V-AIM-3S
GRK: καὶ ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς
NAS: and kept back [some] of the price
KJV: And kept back [part] of the price,
INT: and kept back from the

Acts 5:3 V-ANM
GRK: ἅγιον καὶ νοσφίσασθαι ἀπὸ τῆς
NAS: Spirit and to keep back [some] of the price
KJV: and to keep back [part] of
INT: Holy and to keep back from the

Titus 2:10 V-PPM-AMP
GRK: μὴ νοσφιζομένους ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν
NAS: not pilfering, but showing all
KJV: Not purloining, but shewing
INT: not pilfering but all

3 Occurrences

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