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Strong's #1888 - ἐπαυτοφώρῳ
- Thayer
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- in the act
- caught in the act of theft
- caught in the act of perpetuating any other crime
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ἐπαυτοφωìρῳ
From G1909 and G846 and (the dative singular of) a derivative of φωìρ phōr (a thief)
φώρ, ὁ, gen. φωρός, dat. pl. φωρσί Ael. NA 9.45: —
I thief, Hdt. 2.174, etc.; φώρ τινος Pl. R. 334a; Ἀργεῖοι φῶρες Ar. Fr. 57; φ. ἄνθρωποι Paus. 10.15.5; ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον prov. in Arist. EE 1235a9; τὰ τῶν φ. κρείττω prov. in Hyp. Fr. 1: Sup. φώρτατος most thievish, Sophr. 1.
II a kind of bee, prob. robber-bee, Arist. HA 553b9, 625a5.
III φωρῶν λιμήν, a harbour near Athens, a little westward of the Piraeus, used by smugglers, D. 35.28,53, Str. 9.1.14. (Like Lat. fur, from bher- (root of φέρω), cf. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν.)
ἐπαυτοφώρῳ, see αὐτόφωρος, p. 87{b}.
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** αὐτόφωρος , -ον
(< αὐτός , φώρ , a thief),
[in Sm.: Job 34:11 *;]
prop. with ref. to theft, then generally, in the very act: as freq., neut. dat. after ἐπί , John 8:4 (Rec., ἐπαυτοφώρῳ ).†
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