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σικάριος

sikários · G4607 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. assassin, terrorist

    One who kills someone with intent and as a part of a plot

    Examples

    Acts 21:38 “Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”

How it’s used In 1 role

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In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Near synonyms 1 word
λῃστής lēistḗs · G3027 · robber, highwayman, insurrectionist
λῃστής is a general term for a robber or bandit (often used for Jewish revolutionaries/zealots in the 1st century context), while σικάριος specifically denotes an assassin carrying a concealed dagger (Latin sicarius). Both terms overlap in referring to violent Jewish resistance fighters against Rome, making them near-synonymous in the historical context of Acts 21:38.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Assassin, terrorist20.86
The noun names a violent insurrectionist who carried a concealed dagger. The tribune asks Paul, “Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?” (Acts 21:38).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σικαριου, ὁ (a Latin word), an assassin, i. e. one who carries a dagger or short sword…
σικαριου, ὁ (a Latin word), an assassin, i. e. one who carries a dagger or short sword (Latinsica (cf. Josephus, as below)) under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously anyone he wishes to (a cut-throat): Acts 21:38. (Josephus, b. j. 2, 17, 6 σικαριους ἐκάλουν τούς λῃστάς ἔχοντας ὑπό τοῖς κόλποις τά ξιφη (cf. 2, 13, 3); also Antiquities 20, 8, 10 σικαριοι λῃσταί εἰσί χρώμενοι ξιφιδιοις παραπλησιοις μέν τό μέγεθος τοῖς τῶν Περσῶν ἀκινακαις, ἐπικαμπεσι δέ ] καί ὁμοιοις ταῖς ὑπό Ῥωμαίων σικαις καλουμεναις, ἀφ' ὧν καί τήν προσηγοριαν οἱ ληστευοντες ἔλαβον πολλούς ἀναιροῦντες.) (Synonym: see φονεύς.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Kill1 occurrence

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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