signifies "to rob, despoil, defraud," Mark 10:19; 1—Corinthians 6:8; 7:5 (of that which is due to the condition of natural relationship of husband and wife); in the Middle Voice, "to allow oneself to be defrauded," 1—Corinthians 6:7; in the Passive Voice, "bereft," 1—Timothy 6:5 , RV, with reference to the truth, with the suggestion of being retributively "robbed" of the truth, through the corrupt condition of the mind. Some mss. have this verb in James 5:4 for aphustereo, "to keep back by fraud." See BEREFT , DESTITUTE , FRAUD. In the Sept., Exodus 21:10; in some mss., Deuteronomy 24:14 .
translated "defraud" in 1—Thessalonians 4:6 , AV (RV, "wrong"), the reference being to the latter part of the Tenth Commandment. See ADVANTAGE , C, No. 2.
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