Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

Toggle navigation

νοσφίζω

Search the Greek Dictionary

Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νοσφίζω
Greek transliteration: 
nosphizō
Simplified transliteration: 
nosphizo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐνόσφισα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3557
GK Number: 
3802
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-2a(1)
Gloss: 
(mid.) to hold back for oneself, steal by misappropriating
Definition: 
to deprive, rob;, mid. to misappropriate; to make secret reservation, Acts 5:2, 3; to purloin, Tit. 2:10*

Greek-English Concordance for νοσφίζω

Acts 5:2 and kept back (enosphisato | ἐνοσφίσατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) for himself some of the proceeds, with his wife’s knowledge, and brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why did Satan fill your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep (nosphisasthai | νοσφίσασθαι | aor mid inf ) back for yourself part of the proceeds of the field?
Titus 2:10 not pilfering (nosphizomenous | νοσφιζομένους | pres mid ptcp acc pl masc) but showing completely good faithfulness so that they might adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.