Greek · Strong’s G4811

συκοφαντέω

sykophantéō

to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort)

Derivation:

from a compound of G4810 (σῦκον) and a derivative of G5316 (φαίνω);

Times used

Old Testament

New Testament

Verses

Luke 3:14
Luke 19:8

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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.