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Strong's #4607 - σικάριος
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- an assassin
- one who carries a dagger or short sword under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously any one he wishes to
- a cutthroat
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σῑκάριος [ ᾱ], ὁ,
= Lat. sicarius, Acts 21:38, J. AJ 20.8.10, al.
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): Acts 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.)
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*† 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.): Acts 21:38.†
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