Strong G3557νοσφίζω
to embezzle
- Transliteration
- nosphizomai
- Pronunciation
- nos-fid'-som-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from νοσφί nosphi (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself that is embezzle: - keep back purloin.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G3557 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keep2
- purloin1
First verses
- Acts 5:2And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
νοσφ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future νοσφῐῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1427, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 43)]: aorist I ἐνόσφισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.62, etc.)]:—middle, future νοσφίσομαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(7).515.93 (Amorgos, 2nd c.BC))]; Epic dialect νοσφίσσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1108:)]aorist ἐνοσφισάμην, Epic dialect νοσφισάμην, νοσφισσάμην (see. below): perfect νενόσφισμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 484.4 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 37)]:—passive, aorist ἐνοσφίσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.73, etc.:)]
I [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only middle and passive, turn away, shrink back, νοσφισθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. passage], 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 94; νοσφίσατ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.425: _metaphorically_, ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν καὶ νοσφιζοίμεθα μᾶλλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.81, 24.222.)]
I.2 with genitive, turn away from, τίφθ᾽ οὕτω πατρὸς νοσφίζεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.98.)]
I.3 with accusative, forsake, abandon, παῖδά τ᾽ ἐμὴν νοσφισσαμένην θάλαμόν τε πόσιν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.263; elsewhere in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus of places, Κρήτης ὄρεα νιφόεντα νοσφισάμην [prev. work] 19.339; νοσφισσαμένη τόδε δῶμα [prev. work] 579, 21.77, 104)]; νοσφισθεῖσα θεῶν ἀγορήν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 92; ὅρκον ἐνοσφίσθης 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 96)]; εἴ σε νοσφίζομαι if I forsake thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 693 (Lyric poetry).)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (ἀπονοσφίσσειεν first in “hymnus ad Cererem” 158))] in active, set apart, separate, remove, τινὰ ἐκ δόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 641 (Lyric poetry); βρέφος ματέρος ἀποπρό [prev. author] “IA” 1286 (Lyric poetry); τινὰ ἀπό τινος 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1331)]; τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.793: _metaphorically_, ν. τινὰ βίου)] separate him from life, i. e. kill him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1427)]; τῷ νύ μ᾽.. ἐκ βιότοιο νοσφίσατ᾽ (imperative) ἐσσυμένως [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 13.282)]; ν. τινά alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 438 (Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 211; ν. τινὰ ἐρωμανίης “Anthologia Graeca” 5.292 (Paul. Sil.).)]
II.2 deprive, rob, τινά τι one of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.62; also ν. τινά τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 620 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 43; τοὺς θανόντας νοσφίσας ὧν χρῆν λαχεῖν [prev. author] “Supp.” 539)]; γέροντ᾽ ἄπαιδα νοσφίσας, i. e. ὥστε ἄπαιδα εἶναι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 1207 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 middle, put aside for oneself, appropriate, purloin, νοσφίσασθαι ὁπόσα ἂν βουλώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.42, compare “SIG” 993.21 (Calauria, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.16.6, Ἑλληνικά 1.18 (Gytheum, 1st c.AD): in)]perfect passive, νενοσφισμένος πολλά Str.[same place],compare [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [prev. cited]: ν. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀμφιτάπων, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀναθέματος, ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς,)] appropriate part of.., [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire [same place], LXX.Josh.7.1, NT.Act.5.2; ἐκ τοῦ χρήματος 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.234a: _absolutely_, “PPetr.” 3p.162 (3rd c.BC), NT.Tit.2.10.)]
III middle in active sense, deprive, rob, σφ᾽ ἀδελφὸς χρημάτων νοσφίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 153, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1108.)]
III.2 in later poets, remove, τοὺς.. ἀπὸ Ξάνθοιο.. πνοιαὶ νοσφίσσαντο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 684; νοσφίσατ᾽ ἐκ θυμοῖο καὶ ἡδέος ἐκ βιότοιο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.79.)] —Rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose.
Attic dialect future νοσφῐῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1427, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 43)]: aorist I ἐνόσφισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.62, etc.)]:—middle, future νοσφίσομαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(7).515.93 (Amorgos, 2nd c.BC))]; Epic dialect νοσφίσσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1108:)]aorist ἐνοσφισάμην, Epic dialect νοσφισάμην, νοσφισσάμην (see. below): perfect νενόσφισμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 484.4 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 37)]:—passive, aorist ἐνοσφίσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.73, etc.:)]
I [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only middle and passive, turn away, shrink back, νοσφισθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. passage], 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 94; νοσφίσατ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.425: _metaphorically_, ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν καὶ νοσφιζοίμεθα μᾶλλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.81, 24.222.)]
I.2 with genitive, turn away from, τίφθ᾽ οὕτω πατρὸς νοσφίζεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.98.)]
I.3 with accusative, forsake, abandon, παῖδά τ᾽ ἐμὴν νοσφισσαμένην θάλαμόν τε πόσιν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.263; elsewhere in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus of places, Κρήτης ὄρεα νιφόεντα νοσφισάμην [prev. work] 19.339; νοσφισσαμένη τόδε δῶμα [prev. work] 579, 21.77, 104)]; νοσφισθεῖσα θεῶν ἀγορήν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 92; ὅρκον ἐνοσφίσθης 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 96)]; εἴ σε νοσφίζομαι if I forsake thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 693 (Lyric poetry).)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (ἀπονοσφίσσειεν first in “hymnus ad Cererem” 158))] in active, set apart, separate, remove, τινὰ ἐκ δόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 641 (Lyric poetry); βρέφος ματέρος ἀποπρό [prev. author] “IA” 1286 (Lyric poetry); τινὰ ἀπό τινος 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1331)]; τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.793: _metaphorically_, ν. τινὰ βίου)] separate him from life, i. e. kill him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1427)]; τῷ νύ μ᾽.. ἐκ βιότοιο νοσφίσατ᾽ (imperative) ἐσσυμένως [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 13.282)]; ν. τινά alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 438 (Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 211; ν. τινὰ ἐρωμανίης “Anthologia Graeca” 5.292 (Paul. Sil.).)]
II.2 deprive, rob, τινά τι one of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.62; also ν. τινά τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 620 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 43; τοὺς θανόντας νοσφίσας ὧν χρῆν λαχεῖν [prev. author] “Supp.” 539)]; γέροντ᾽ ἄπαιδα νοσφίσας, i. e. ὥστε ἄπαιδα εἶναι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 1207 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 middle, put aside for oneself, appropriate, purloin, νοσφίσασθαι ὁπόσα ἂν βουλώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.42, compare “SIG” 993.21 (Calauria, 3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.16.6, Ἑλληνικά 1.18 (Gytheum, 1st c.AD): in)]perfect passive, νενοσφισμένος πολλά Str.[same place],compare [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [prev. cited]: ν. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀμφιτάπων, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀναθέματος, ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς,)] appropriate part of.., [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire [same place], LXX.Josh.7.1, NT.Act.5.2; ἐκ τοῦ χρήματος 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.234a: _absolutely_, “PPetr.” 3p.162 (3rd c.BC), NT.Tit.2.10.)]
III middle in active sense, deprive, rob, σφ᾽ ἀδελφὸς χρημάτων νοσφίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 153, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1108.)]
III.2 in later poets, remove, τοὺς.. ἀπὸ Ξάνθοιο.. πνοιαὶ νοσφίσσαντο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 684; νοσφίσατ᾽ ἐκ θυμοῖο καὶ ἡδέος ἐκ βιότοιο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.79.)] —Rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose.