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Defraud

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀποστερέω

(Strong's #650 — Verb — apostereo — ap-os-ter-eh'-o )

signifies "to rob, despoil, defraud," Mark 10:19; 1 Corinthians 6:8; 7:5 (of that which is due to the condition of natural relationship of husband and wife); in the Middle Voice, "to allow oneself to be defrauded," 1 Corinthians 6:7; in the Passive Voice, "bereft," 1 Timothy 6:5 , RV, with reference to the truth, with the suggestion of being retributively "robbed" of the truth, through the corrupt condition of the mind. Some mss. have this verb in James 5:4 for aphustereo, "to keep back by fraud." See BEREFT , DESTITUTE , FRAUD. In the Sept., Exodus 21:10; in some mss., Deuteronomy 24:14 .

2: πλεονεκτέω

(Strong's #4122 — Verb — pleonekteo — pleh-on-ek-teh'-o )

translated "defraud" in 1 Thessalonians 4:6 , AV (RV, "wrong"), the reference being to the latter part of the Tenth Commandment. See ADVANTAGE , C, No. 2.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Defraud'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/defraud.html. 1940.
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