STRONGS NUMBER G2686


Word Summary
katasophizomai: to deal craftily with
Original Word: κατασοφίζομαι
Transliteration: katasophizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-of-id'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deal craftily with
Meaning: to deal craftily with
Strong's Concordance
be crafty against, circumvent

Middle voice from kata and sophizo; to be crafty against, i.e. Circumvent -- deal subtilly with.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK sophizo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2686: κατασοφίζομαι

κατασοφίζομαι: 1 aorist participle κατασοφισάμενος; (σοφίζω); deponent middle, in secular authors sometimes also passive; "to circumvent by artifice or fraud, conquer by subtle devices; to outwit, overreach; to deal craftily with": τινα, Acts 7:19 from Exodus 1:10. (Judith 5:11 Judith 10:19; Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Lucian, others.)