Sikarios σικάριος
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| σικάριος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sikarios |
| Strong's number | G4607 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | assassin |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Sikarios (Greek σικάριος, Strong's G4607) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “assassin”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the New Testament.
Definition
σικάριος, -ου, ὁ
(Lat.; sica, a dagger carried under their clothing by the Sicarii),
a bandit, assassin, one of the Sicarii (FlJ, B.J., ii, 17, 6, al.): Act.21:38.†
(AS)
(Lat.; sica, a dagger carried under their clothing by the Sicarii),
a bandit, assassin, one of the Sicarii (FlJ, B.J., ii, 17, 6, al.): Act.21:38.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | murderers (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | assassins (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sikarios, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 21:38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).