συκοφαντέω, -ῶ
(< σῦκον, φαίνω), [in LXX: Ge 43:18 (גּלל hithpo.), Le 19:11 (שׁקר pi.), Jb 35:9, Ps 118 (119):122, Pr 14:3122:1628:3, Ec 4:1 (עשׁק) *;]
to act theσυκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of the term, v. LS, s.v.), to accuse falsely (Aristoph., Xen., al.): Lk 3:14 (R, mg.) 19:8 (RV,exact wrongfully; but cf. Hatch, Essays, 89 ff., v. also Field, Notes, 56 f.; MM, xxiv).†