κατασοφίζομαι
katasophízomai · G2686 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to exploit with cunning, to take advantage of in a cunning manner
To exploit by means of craftiness and cunning, implying false arguments
ExamplesActs 7:19 “It was he who shrewdly took advantage of our nation and mistreated our fathers in order that they would abandon their infants in the Nile, so that they would not survive.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γένοςfamily, race, kind 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- δολόω dolóō · G1389 · to cause to be false, to distort
- Greek verb meaning to use deceit or trickery to ensnare someone; semantically overlaps with κατασοφίζομαι in the domain of cunning manipulation, though δολόω emphasizes deceitful methods more generally while κατασοφίζομαι specifically emphasizes exploiting with craftiness
In the other Testament 2 words
- נָכַל nâkal · H5230 · to deceive, to double-cross
- Hebrew verb denoting cunning or deceitful action against someone, a clear translation equivalent for the Greek κατασοφίζομαι's sense of using craft/cunning to circumvent or exploit someone
- עָרַם ʻâram · H6191 · to be heaped up, to be piled up, to be, become astute
- Hebrew verb for acting with craftiness or shrewdness, often in a negative sense of cunning manipulation, closely matching the semantic field of κατασοφίζομαι
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To exploit with cunning, to take advantage of in a cunning manner88.147
- In Acts 7:19, Stephen recounts Pharaoh's treatment of Israel, “It was he who shrewdly took advantage of our nation and mistreated our fathers in order that they would abandon their infants in the Nile,” using this word for the act of exploiting someone through cunning or deceit.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist participle κατασοφισάμενος; (σοφίζω); deponent middle, in secular authors…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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