Word

νοσφίζομαι

nosphízomai · G3557 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to misappropriate funds for oneself, to embezzle

To misappropriate funds for one’s own benefit

Examples
Acts 5:2 and kept back some of the proceeds for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the proceeds of the land?
Titus 2:10 not stealing, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀπόfrom+ τιμήhonor 2

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

κλέπτω kléptō · G2813 · to steal, theft: κλέπτω is the general term for stealing or taking another's property secretly, while νοσφίζομαι specifically refers to embezzlement or misappropriation of funds/property entrusted to one's care (e.g., Acts 5:2-3, Titus 2:10). Both involve wrongful taking, but νοσφίζομαι implies a breach of fiduciary trust.
ἀποστερέω aposteréō · G650 · to defraud, to deprive by deception, to deprive of: ἀποστερέω means to defraud or deprive someone of what is rightfully theirs, often by withholding wages or possessions (Mark 10:19, 1 Cor 6:7-8). While νοσφίζομαι focuses on embezzling what has been entrusted to one's care, ἀποστερέω emphasizes depriving or defrauding another of their due. Both involve wrongful appropriation but differ in the mechanism.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To misappropriate funds for oneself, to embezzle57.246: Describing Ananias' deceit, Acts 5:2 states he “kept back some of the proceeds for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet,” where “kept back” renders this verb for secretly withholding funds for oneself.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : middle, present participle νοσφιζόμενος; 1 aorist ἐνοσφισαμην; (νόσφι afar, apart); to…

: middle, present participle νοσφιζόμενος; 1 aorist ἐνοσφισαμην; (νόσφι afar, apart); to set apart, separate, divide; middle to set apart or separate for oneself, i. e. to purloin, embezzle, withdraw covertly and appropriate to one's own use: χρήματα, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 42; Plutarch, Lucull. 37; Aristid. 4; μηδέν τῶν ἐκ τῆς διαρπαγης, Polybius 10, 16, 6; χρυσώματα, 2 Macc. 4:32; ἀλλότρια, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 29; absolutely, Tit 2:10; (τί) ἀπό τίνος, Acts 5:2, Acts 5:3 (here A. V. keep back); the Sept. Josh 7:1; ἐκ τίνος, Athen. 6, p. 234 a.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Steal, Rob3 occurrences

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