G4607
G4607 — σικάριος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
sikarios (sik-ar'-ee-os) n.
1. an assassin
[of Latin origin]
KJV: murderer
Compare: G5406
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
murderer
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σικάριος, σικαριου, ὁ (a Latin word), an assassin, i. e. one who carries a dagger or short sword (Latinsica (cf. Josephus, as below)) under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously anyone he wishes to (a cut-throat): Act 21:38. (Josephus, b. j. 2, 17, 6 σικαριους ἐκάλουν τούς λῃστάς ἔχοντας ὑπό τοῖς κόλποις τά ξιφη (cf. 2, 13, 3); also Antiquities 20, 8, 10 σικαριοι λῃσταί εἰσί χρώμενοι ξιφιδιοις παραπλησιοις μέν τό μέγεθος τοῖς τῶν Περσῶν ἀκινακαις, ἐπικαμπεσι δέ ] καί ὁμοιοις ταῖς ὑπό Ῥωμαίων σικαις καλουμεναις, ἀφ’ ὧν καί τήν προσηγοριαν οἱ ληστευοντες ἔλαβον πολλούς ἀναιροῦντες.) (Synonym: see φονεύς.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σικάριος (murderer)
Acts 21:38
- KJV: Art not thou that Egyptian which before these days madest an uproar and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers
- GK: ουκ άρα συ ει ο Αιγύπτιος ο προ τούτων των ημερών αναστατώσας και εξαγαγών εις την έρημον τους τετρακισχιλίους άνδρας των σικαρίων