# G4811 συκοφαντέω

συκοφαντέω (sykophantéō), Strong’s G4811: to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact……

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*sykophantéō* — to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact…

KJV: accuse falsely, take by false accusation

Built from [σῦκον sŷkon](https://besorah.bible/word/G4810) (a fig) + [φαίνω phaínō](https://besorah.bible/word/G5316) (to lighten)

Occurs 9 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 3:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/3?v=14) — Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence…
- [Luke 19:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/19?v=8) — Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted…