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σικάριος
sikarios
G4607
G:N-M Greek

assassin

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Sikarios denotes men identified in Acts 21:38 as a group led out into the deserted place.

The sole attested use identifies a plural group of men whom the Egyptian had led out into the deserted place in Acts 21:38.

Senses in use

  1. Men in a group led into the deserted place · dominant

    In Acts 21:38, the genitive plural form occurs in the description of four thousand men whom the Egyptian had led out into the deserted place; the APB renders the clause “led the four thousand men of the assassins out into the deserted place.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 21:38, the APB presents the group as “the assassins” within the phrase about four thousand men led into the deserted place. It cannot establish more specific nuance beyond that group description.

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