Quick Definition
νοσφίζω v. I rob, purloin
Strong's Definition
middle voice from nosphi (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. embezzle
KJV Usage: keep back, purloin
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νοσφίζω: Mid., pres. ptep. νοσφιζόμενος ; 1 aor. ἐνοσφισάμην; (νόσφι afar, apart); 0 set apart, separate, divide; mid. to set apart or separate yor one’s self, i. e. to purloin, embezzle, withdraw covertiy and appropriate to one’s own use: χρήματα, Xen. Uyr. 4, 2 42; Plut. Lucull. 37; Aristid. 4; μηδὲν τῶν ex τῆς διαρπαγῆς, Polyb. 10, 16, 6; χρυσώματα, 2 Mace. iv. 32; ἀλλότρια, Joseph. antt. 4, 8, 29; absol. Tit. ii. 10; (τὶ) ἀπό τινος, Acts v. 2, 3 [here A. V. keep back]; Sept. Josh. vii. 1; ἔκ τινος, Athen. 6 p. 234 ἃ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νοσφίζω nosphizō 3x
to deprive, rob; mid. to misappropriate; to make secret reservation, Acts 5:2, 3; to purloin, Tit. 2:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νοσφίζω
(< νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos 7:1 (לקח), II Mac 4:32*;]
in Hom., as depon., to turn away (from), abandon.
After Hom., in act., to set apart, remove. Mid., to set apart for oneself, peculate, purloin: absol., Tit 2:10 (for ex. in π., v. MM, xvii); seq. ἀπό, Ac 5:2, 3.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νοσφίζω (nosphizō) — to embezzle. νοσφ-ίζω, Attic dialect future νοσφῐῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist I ἐνόσφισα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future νοσφίσομαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Epic dialect νοσφίσσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist ἐνοσφισάμην, Epic dialect νοσφισάμην, νοσφισσάμην (see. below): perfect νενόσφισμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐνοσφίσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I. [Refs 8th c.BC+] only middle and passive, turn away, shrink back, νοσφισθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. with genitive, turn away from, τίφθ᾽ οὕτω πατρὸς νοσφίζεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.3. with accusative, forsake, abandon, παῖδά τ᾽ ἐμὴν νοσφισσαμένην θάλαμόν τε πόσιν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοσφισθεῖσα θεῶν ἀγορήν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; εἴ σε νοσφίζομαι if I forsake thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+] in active, set apart, separate, remove, τινὰ ἐκ δόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] separate him from life, i. e. kill him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ νύ μ᾽.. ἐκ βιότοιο νοσφίσατ᾽ (imperative) ἐσσυμένως [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ν. τινά alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. deprive, rob, τινά τι one of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέροντ᾽ ἄπαιδα νοσφίσας, i. e. ὥστε ἄπαιδα εἶναι, [Refs]
II.3. middle, put aside for oneself, appropriate, purloin, νοσφίσασθαι ὁπόσα ἂν βουλώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive, νενοσφισμένος πολλά Str.[same place],compare [Refs 1st c.AD+] appropriate part of.., [NT+3rd c.BC+]
III. middle in active sense, deprive, rob, σφ᾽ ἀδελφὸς χρημάτων νοσφίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. in later poets, remove, τοὺς.. ἀπὸ Ξάνθοιο.. πνοιαὶ νοσφίσσαντο [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —Rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose.