Lexicon :: Strong's G1888 - autophōros

αὐτόφωρος
Transliteration
autophōros (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ow-tof-o'-ro
Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From αὐτός (G846) and a derivative of phor (a thief)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἐπαυτοφώρῳ epautophṓrōi, ep-ow-tof-o'-ro; from G1909 and G846 and (the dative case singular of) a derivative of φώρ phṓr (a thief); in theft itself, i.e. (by analogy) in actual crime:—in the very act.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1888 in the following manner: in the very act (thief) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1888 in the following manner: in the very act (thief) (1x).

  1. in the act

  2. caught in the act of theft

  3. caught in the act of perpetuating any other crime

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐπαυτοφώρῳ epautophṓrōi, ep-ow-tof-o'-ro; from G1909 and G846 and (the dative case singular of) a derivative of φώρ phṓr (a thief); in theft itself, i.e. (by analogy) in actual crime:—in the very act.
STRONGS G1888:
ἐπαυτοφώρῳ, see αὐτόφωρος, p. 87b.

Related entry:
αὐτόφωρος, -ον, (αὐτός and φώρ a thief, φωρά a theft), [from Sophocles down]; properly caught in the act of theft; then universally caught in the act of perpetrating any other crime; very often in the phrases ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ (as one word ἐπαυτοφώρῳ) τινὰ λαμβάνειν, passive λαμβάνεσθαι, καταλαμβάνεσθαι, ἁλίσκεσθαι, (from Herodotus 6, 72 on), the crime being specified by a participle: μοιχευομένη, John 8:4 [R G], as in Aelian Nat. an. 11,15; Plutarch, mor. 6 p. 446 Tauchn. edition [10 p. 723 Reiske edition, cf. Nicias 4, 5; Eumen. 2, 2]; Sext. Empir. adv. Rhet. 65 [p. 151 Fabric. edition].
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