G1455
G1455 — ἐγκάθετος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
egkathetos (eng-kath'-et-os) adj.
1. subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait
[from G1722 and a derivative of G2524]
KJV: spy
Root(s): G1722, G2524
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
spy
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγκάθετος (T WH ἐνκαθετος, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκαθετου ὁ ἡ (ἐγκαθίημι (to send down in (secretly))), suborned to lie in wait; a lier-in-wait, a spy, (cf. Latininsidiator; English "insidious): used in Luk 20:20 of one who is suborned by others to entrap a man by crafty words. (Plato, Ax., p. 368 e.; Demosthenes, p. 1483, 1; Josephus, b. j. 6, 5, 2; Polybius 13, 5, 1, others; the Sept., Job (); .)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐγκάθετος (spy)
Luke 20:20
- KJV: And they watched and sent forth spies which should feign themselves just men that they might take hold of his words that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor
- GK: και παρατηρήσαντες απέστειλαν εγκαθέτους υποκρινομένους εαυτούς δικαίους είναι ίνα επιλάβωνται αυτού λόγου εις το παραδούναι αυτόν τη αρχή και τη εξουσία του ηγεμόνος