Quick Definition
I circumvent by trickery
Strong's Definition
to be crafty against, i.e. circumvent
Derivation: middle voice from G2596 (κατά) and G4679 (σοφίζω);
KJV Usage: deal subtilly with
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατασοφίζομαι: 1 aorist participle κατασοφισάμενος; (σοφίζω); deponent middle, in secular authors sometimes also passive; "to circumvent by artifice or fraud, conquer by subtle devices; to outwit, overreach; to deal craftily with": τινα, Act_7:19 from Exo_1:10. (Jdt_5:11 Jdt_10:19; Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Lucian, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατασοφίζομαι katasophizomai 1x
to exercise cleverness to the detriment of any one, to outwit; to make a victim of subtlety, to practice on the insidious dealing, Act_7:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατα -σοφίζομαι ,
[in LXX : Exo_1:10 ( H2450 hith .), Jdt_5:11 ; Jdt_10:19 * ;]
to deal craftily with, outwit: Act_7:19 ( LXX ) †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατασοφίζομαι [page 333]
For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Act_7:19 from LXX Exo_1:10 ), see Anz Subsidia , p. 366.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατασοφίζομαι fut. -ίσομαι Dep. "to conquer by sophisms or fallacies, to outwit", Luc. :—also as Pass. "to be outwitted", id=Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-σοφίζομαι
[in LXX: Exo.1:10 (חָכָם hith.), Jdth.5:11 10:19 * ;]
to deal craftily with, outwit: Act.7:19 (LXX) †
(AS)