UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: σοφίζω

Sense 1: to exploit with cunning, to take advantage of in a cunning manner

Semantic entry: 88.147

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Exploit

Definition: to exploit by means of craftiness and cunning, implying false arguments

Notes: It is also possible to render κατασοφίζομαι in RV ACT 7:19 · LV ACT 7:19 · Read together ACT 7:19 as ‘to take advantage of by clever words’ or ‘to persuade by sweet talk.’

ACT 7:19: RV ACT 7:19 · LV ACT 7:19 · Read together ACT 7:19

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OET-RV ACT 7:19

19 He took advantage of us Yehudim (Jews) and mistreated our ancestors, even forcing them apart from their own babies so they wouldn’t live.

OET-LV ACT 7:19

19 This man, having _taken _advantage of _the race of _us, mistreated the fathers which to _be _making the babies of _them abandoned, in _order that to_ not _be _being _kept _alive.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατασοφίζομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to exploit with cunning, to take advantage of in a cunning manner