"to betray" (para, "up," didomi, "to give"), lit., "to give over," is used either (a) in the sense of delivering a person or thing to be kept by another, to commend, e.g., Acts 28:16; (b) to deliver to prison or judgment, e.g., Matthew 4:12; 1—Timothy 1:20; (c) to deliver over treacherously by way of "betrayal," Matthew 17:22 (RV, "delivered"); Matthew 26:16; John 6:64 etc.; (d) to hand on, deliver, e.g., 1—Corinthians 11:23; (e) to allow of something being done, said of the ripening of fruit, Mark 4:29 , RV, "is ripe" (marg., "alloweth"). See BRING , Note (4), CAST , COMMIT , DELIVER , GIVE , HAZARD , PUT (in prison), RECOMMEND.
"a betrayer" (akin to A), is translated "betrayers" in Acts 7:52; "traitor," "traitors," in Luke 6:16; 2—Timothy 3:4 . See TRAITOR.
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