Strong’s G4273 · Greek
προδότης
prodótēs
Definition
a surrender
Etymology
from G4272 (προδίδωμι) (in the sense of giving forward into another's (the enemy's) hands);
Where the KJV renders it
- betrayer
- traitor
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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