Strong’s G1455 · Greek
ἐγκάθετος
enkáthetos
Definition
subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait
Etymology
from G1722 (ἐν) and a derivative of G2524 (καθίημι);
Where the KJV renders it
- spy
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