G2686
G2686 — κατασοφίζομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
katasophizomai (kat-as-of-id'-zom-ai) v.
1. to be crafty against, i.e. circumvent
[middle voice from G2596 and G4679]
KJV: deal subtilly with
Root(s): G2596, G4679
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
deal subtilly with
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατασοφίζομαι: 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, Act 7:19 from Exo 1:10. (Jdt 5:11 Jdt 10:19; Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Lucian, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατασοφίζομαι (deal subtilly with)
Acts 7:19
- KJV: The same dealt subtilly with our kindred evil entreated our fathers so that they cast out their young children to the end they might not live
- GK: ούτος κατασοφισάμενος το γένος ημών εκάκωσε τους πατέρας ημών του ποιείν έκθετα τα βρέφη αυτών εις το μη ζωογονείσθαι