Dictionaries :: Betray, Betrayer

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Betray, Betrayer:

"to betray" (para, "up," didomi, "to give"), lit., "to give over," is used either

(a) in the sense of delivering a person or thing to be kept by another, to commend, e.g., Act 28:16;

(b) to deliver to prison or judgment, e.g., Mat 4:12; 1Ti 1:20;

(c) to deliver over treacherously by way of "betrayal," Mat 17:22 (RV, "delivered"); Mat 26:16; Jhn 6:64 etc.;

(d) to hand on, deliver, e.g., 1Cr 11:23;

(e) to allow of something being done, said of the ripening of fruit, Mar 4:29, RV, "is ripe" (marg., "alloweth").
See BRING, Note (4), CAST, COMMIT, DELIVER, GIVE, HAZARD, PUT (in prison), RECOMMEND.

Betray, Betrayer:

"a betrayer" (akin to A), is translated "betrayers" in Act 7:52; "traitor," "traitors," in Luk 6:16; 2Ti 3:4.
See TRAITOR.