| A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g4238 | Greek: prasso |
Extort, Extortion, Extortioner:
"to practice," has the special meaning "extort" in Luk 3:13, RV (AV, "exact"). In Luk 19:23 it is translated "required;" it may be that the master, in addressing the slothful servant, uses the word "extort" or "exact" (as in Luk 3:13), in accordance with the character attributed to him by the servant.
| B-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g724 | Greek: harpage |
Extort, Extortion, Extortioner:
denotes "pillage, plundering, robbery, extortion" (akin to harpazo, "to seize, carry off by force," and harpagmos, "a thing seized, or the act of seizing;" from the root arp--, seen in Eng., "rapacious;" an associated noun, with the same spelling, denoted a rake, or hook for drawing up a bucket); it is translated "extortion" in Mat 23:25; Luk 11:39, RV, AV, "ravening;" Hbr 10:34, "spoiling."
See RAVENING, SPOILING. Cp. C. below.
| B-2 | Noun | Strong's Number: g4124 | Greek: pleonexia |
Extort, Extortion, Extortioner:
"covetousness, desire for advantage," is rendered "extortion" in 2Cr 9:5, RV, (AV and RV marg., "covetousness").
See COVET.
| C-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g727 | Greek: harpax |
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