Lexical Definition

‎νοσφίζομαι‎ nosphízomai (nos-fid'-zom-ahee) to embezzle ^G:V
middle voice from (apart or clandestinely)

keep back, purloin.

• to sequestrate for oneself, i.e. embezzle

Abbott-Smith

νοσφίζω (< νόσφι, apart, aside), [in LXX: Jos 7:1 (לקח), II Mac 4:32*;]
1. in Hom., as depon., to turn away (from), abandon.
2. After Hom., in act., to set apart, remove. Mid., to set apart for oneself, peculate, purloin: absol., Tit 2:10 (for ex. in π., v. MM, xvii); seq. ἀπό, Ac 5:2, 3.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

νοσφίζω-ίζω,

Attic dialect future νοσφίζωῐῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist I ἐνόσφισα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future νοσφίζωίσομαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Epic dialect νοσφίζωίσσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist ἐνοσφίζωισάμην, Epic dialect νοσφίζωισάμην, νοσφίζωισσάμην (see. below): perfect νενόσφισμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐνοσφίζωίσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__I [Refs 8th c.BC+] only middle and passive, turn away, shrink back, νοσφίζωισθείς [νοσφίζωίσατ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.425: \_metaphorically\_, ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν καὶ νοσφίζωιζοίμεθα μᾶλλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.81, 24.222. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 with genitive, turn away from, τίφθ᾽ οὕτω πατρὸς νοσφίζωίζεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 with accusative, forsake, abandon, παῖδά τ᾽ ἐμὴν νοσφίζωισσαμένην θάλαμόν τε πόσιν τε [νοσφίζωισάμην [prev. work] 19.339; νοσφίζωισσαμένη τόδε δῶμα [prev. work] 579, 21.77, 104 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοσφίζωισθεῖσα θεῶν ἀγορήν [νοσφίζωίσθης 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 96 ">Refs 7th c.BC+]; εἴ σε νοσφίζωίζομαι if I forsake thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II after [νοσφίζωίσσειεν first in “hymnus ad Cererem” 158)">Refs 8th c.BC+] in active, set apart, separate, remove, τινὰ ἐκ δόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] separate him from life, i. e. kill him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ νύ μ᾽.. ἐκ βιότοιο νοσφίζωίσατ᾽ (imperative) ἐσσυμένως [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ν. τινά alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 deprive, rob, τινά τι one of a thing, [νοσφίζωίσας ὧν χρῆν λαχεῖν [prev. author] “Supp.” 539 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέροντ᾽ ἄπαιδα νοσφίζωίσας, i. e. ὥστε ἄπαιδα εἶναι, [Refs]
__II.3 middle, put aside for oneself, appropriate, purloin, νοσφίζωίσασθαι ὁπόσα ἂν βουλώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive, νενοσφίζωισμένος πολλά Str.[same place],compare [Refs 1st c.AD+] appropriate part of.., [NT+3rd c.BC+]
__III middle in active sense, deprive, rob, σφ᾽ ἀδελφὸς χρημάτων νοσφίζωίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 in later poets, remove, τοὺς.. ἀπὸ Ξάνθοιο.. πνοιαὶ νοσφίζωίσσαντο [νοσφίζωίσατ᾽ ἐκ θυμοῖο καὶ ἡδέος ἐκ βιότοιο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.79.">Refs 2nd c.AD+] —Rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose.

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Josh.7.1 ☩ Acts.5.2 ☩ Titus.2.10}