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G1455 ἐγκάθετος (enkáthetos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

a spy

Strong's Definition

subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait

Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and a derivative of G2524 (καθίημι);

KJV Usage: spy

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐγκάθετος (T WH ἐνκαθετος, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκαθετου ὁ ἡ (ἐγκαθίημι (to send down in (secretly))), suborned to lie in wait; a lier-in-wait, a spy, (cf. Latininsidiator; English "insidious): used in Luk_20:20 of one who is suborned by others to entrap a man by crafty words. (Plato, Ax., p. 368 e.; Demosthenes, p. 1483, 1; Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 2; Polybius 13, 5, 1, others; the Sept., Job (); .)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐγκάθετος , see ἐνκ -.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐνκάθετος (Rec. ἐγκ-), -αν (ἐγκαθίημι), [in LXX: Job.31:9 (אָרַב), Job.19:12 * ;] suborned to lie in wait, lying in wait: as subst., Luk.20:20.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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