to extort

Greek Verb

συκοφαντέω, -ῶ (σῦκον, φαίνω), [in LXX: Gen.43:18 (גָּלַל hithpo.), Lev.19:11 (שָׁקַר pi.), Job.35:9, Psa.119:122, Pro.14:31 2:16 28:3, Ecc.4:1 (עָשַׁק);] to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, see LS, see word), to accuse falsely (Aristoph, Xen, al.): Luk.3:14 (R, mg.) Luk.19:8 (RV, exact wrongfully; but cf. Hatch, Essays, 89 ff, see also Field, Notes, 56 f; MM, xxiv). (AS)

to extort

Greek Verb

σῡκοφαντ-έω, to be a συκοφάντης 1, παππῷος ὁ βίος συκοφαντεῖν ἐστί μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person, prosecute vexatiously, blackmail, συκοφαντεῖς τοὺς ξένου; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συκοφαντοῦμαι νῦν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀδίκως [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of blackmail by officials, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ διασεῖσαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; μηδένα διασείσητε μηδὲ συκοφαντήσητε [NT+2nd c.AD+]; τοῦ συκοφαντῆσαι ἡμᾶς to seek occasion against us, oppress us, [LXX]; ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα[LXX]; accuse falsely, ταυτὶ γὰρ συκοφαντεῖσθαι τὸν Ἕκτορα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου that is a false charge brought against Hector by Homer, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with accusative of things, denounce as contraband, Μεγαρέων τὰ χλανίσκια [Refs 5th c.BC+]; extort by false charges or threats, τριάκοντα μνᾶς [NT+5th c.BC+] 2) criticize in a pettifogging way, τοὺς ποιητάς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; lay verbal traps for one, τὸν ῥήτορα βουλόμενος δικαίως ἐξετάζειν καὶ μὴ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑποσκελίζειν καὶ σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with accusative of things, quibble about, μὴ τὰ συμβάντα συκοφάντει [Refs]; σ. τὸ πρᾶγμα [Refs 1st c.BC+]; carp at, stint, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς καλλίστοις ἔργοις ἔπαινον [Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, quibble, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) ={κνίζω ἐρωτικῶς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort); accuse falsely, take by false accusation; from a compound of g4810 (σῦκον) and a derivative of g5316 (φαίνω)