Strong's Lexicon katasophizomai: To deceive craftily, to outwit, to deal treacherously. Original Word: κατασοφίζομαι Word Origin: From the preposition κατά (kata, meaning "against" or "down") and σοφίζομαι (sophizomai, meaning "to act craftily" or "to devise cleverly"). Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for katasophizomai, similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like רָמָה (ramah, Strong's H7411), meaning "to deceive" or "to beguile," and עָקַב (aqab, Strong's H6117), meaning "to supplant" or "to overreach." Usage: The verb katasophizomai is used to describe the act of employing cunning or deceit to achieve a particular end. It implies a deliberate and strategic effort to mislead or manipulate someone, often with malicious intent. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to describe actions that are contrary to the truth and righteousness of God. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, wisdom (σοφία, sophia) was highly valued, but it could be used for both noble and ignoble purposes. The prefix κατά (kata) intensifies the verb, suggesting a negative or harmful use of wisdom or cunning. This reflects a broader cultural understanding where wisdom could be perverted into cunning or deceit, a concept that was also present in Jewish thought. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kata and sophizó Definition to deal craftily with NASB Translation took shrewd advantage (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2686: κατασοφίζομαικατασοφίζομαι: 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, Acts 7:19 from Exodus 1:10. (Judith 5:11 Judith 10:19; Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Lucian, others.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be crafty against, circumventMiddle voice from kata and sophizo; to be crafty against, i.e. Circumvent -- deal subtilly with. see GREEK kata see GREEK sophizo Forms and Transliterations κατασοφισαμενος κατασοφισάμενος κατασοφισώμεθα κατασπά κατασπαρήσονται κατασπάσαι κατασπάσω κατασπαταλά κατασπαταλώντες κατασπερείς κατασπεύσαί κατασπεύσατε κατάσπευσον κατασπουδασθώ κατέσπασα κατέσπασαν κατέσπασε κατέσπασεν κατεσπάσθη κατεσπασμένοις κατέσπευδον κατέσπευσαν κατέσπευσε κατέσπευσεν katasophisamenos katasophisámenosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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