Strong G4273προδότης

traitor

Transliteration
prodotēs
Pronunciation
prod-ot'-ace
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G4272 (in the sense of giving forward into another´ s [the enemy´ s] hands); a surrender: - betrayer traitor.

Detailed definition

προ-δότης, -ου, ὁ
(προδίδωμι) [in LXX: 2Ma.5:15 2Mac 10:13 2Mac 10:22, 3Ma.3:24 *;]
a betrayer, traitor: Luk.6:16, Act.7:52, 2Ti.3:4.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4273 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • betrayer1
  • traitor1
  • traitors1

First verses

  1. Luke 6:16
    And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
  2. Acts 7:52
    Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
  3. 2 Timothy 3:4
    Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προ-δότης, ου,
Doric dialect -ας, ὁ, betrayer, traitor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.30, 144, 5th c.BC: Timocreon Lyricus 1.5, etc.)]; π. πατρός, πατρίδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1057, “Ph.” 996, etc.; ὁ ἐν λέχει π. [prev. author] “Med.” 206 (Lyric poetry))]; π. τῶν ὅρκων traitor to his oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 71: _metaphorically_, τῆς ὑγιείης 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 234.)]
2 one who abandons in danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1068 (_anapaest meter_); π. τινὸς καταστῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.26.)]
3 as adjective, irregular comparative -ίστερον[Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]