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νοσφίζω

Strong’s: G3557

Associated OET lemmas: νοσφίζω

Other spellings: νοσφίζομαι

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to misappropriate funds for oneself, to embezzle

Semantic entry: 57.246

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Steal, Rob

Definition: to misappropriate funds for one’s own benefit

Forms: νοσφίζομαι

Show passage in OET: ACT 5:2

OET-RV ACT 5:2

2 but agreed together to hide some of the proceeds. So Hananyah brought a smaller amount and put it down in front of the missionaries.

OET-LV ACT 5:2

2 and embezzled from the value, the wife also having _become _aware, and having _brought a_certain portion, he _laid it before the feet of _the ambassadors.

Show passage in OET: ACT 5:3

OET-RV ACT 5:3

3 Then Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) said, “Hananyah, why has Satan filled your mind such that you would lie to the holy spirit and keep aside some of the proceeds of the property?

OET-LV ACT 5:3

3 But the Petros said:
Ananias, because/for_ Why _reason the Satan/(Sāţān) filled the heart of _you, for _you to _lie to _the the holy spirit, and to _embezzle from the value of _the property?

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: OET ACT 5:2–3

TIT: OET TIT 2:10