What does νοσφίζομαι (nosphízomai) mean in the Bible?
νοσφίζομαι (nosphízomai): To set apart for oneself; embezzlement of what belongs to another or to a community
Greek · G3557
νοσφίζομαι
To embezzle
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νοσφίζομαι G3557
Pronunciation nosphízomai
What does νοσφίζομαι (nosphízomai) mean in the Bible?
νοσφίζομαι (nosphízomai): To set apart for oneself; embezzlement of what belongs to another or to a community
Full entry for νοσφίζομαι (G3557) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3557?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include he kept back (1), stealing [from them] (1), withhold (1).
Where does νοσφίζομαι (nosphízomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 5:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It he kept back 1× Acts 5:2
stealing [from them] 1× Titus 2:10
withhold 1× Acts 5:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 5:2
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 Titus 1
Source forms
ἐνοσφίσατο 1x enosphisato Acts 5:2
νοσφιζομένους 1x nosphizomenous Titus 2:10
νοσφίσασθαι 1x nosphisasthai Acts 5:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 5:2
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle 1x Acts 5:3
Verb - Present Participle Middle - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Titus 2:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To set apart for oneself; embezzlement of what belongs to another or to a community
Strong's G3557
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to embezzle
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To set apart for oneself; embezzlement of what belongs to another or to a community
(νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos.7:1 (לָקַח), 2Ma.4:32 * ;]
1in Hom., as depon., to turn away (from), abandon.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 5:2 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐνοσφίσατο enosfisato
I rob, purloin
Read verse Acts 5:3 Verb Aorist Middle Infinitive
νοσφίσασθαι nosfisasqai
I rob, purloin
Read verse Titus 2:10 Verb Present Middle Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
νοσφιζομένους, nosfizomenouv
I rob, purloin
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 5:2 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 5:3 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle Titus 2:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 present 1
Voice
middle 3
Mood
indicative 1 infinitive 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain