Quick Definition
ἐγκάθετος, ου, ὁ, ἡ Adj a spy
Strong's Definition
subinduced, i.e. surreptitiously suborned as a lier-in-wait
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and a derivative of G2524 (καθίημι);
KJV Usage: spy
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἵημι (send)
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spy, secret agent (derivative of ἐγκάθημαι ‘to lie in a crouched position,’ not occurring in the NT) one whose task it is to obtain information surreptitiously
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγκάθετος [T WH ἐνκ., see ἐν, IIT. 3], -ov, 6, 9, (ἐγκαθίnue [to send down in (secretly)]), suborned to lie in wait; a lier-in-wait, spy, (cf. Lat. insidiator; Eng. insidious]: used in Lk. xx. 20 of one who is suborned by others to entrap a man by crafty words. (Plat. Ax. p. 368 6. ; Dem. p. 1483, 1; Joseph. b. j.6,5, 2; Polyb. 13, 5, 1, al.; Sept., Job [xix. 12]; xxxi. 9.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐγκάθετος, v.s. ἐνκ-.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐγκάθετος (egkathetos) — a spy. ἐγκάθ-ετος, ον, (ἐγκαθίημι) put in secretly, suborned, προέδρους ἐ. ὑφέντες [NT+5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως, δημηγορεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. of a child, ={εἰσποιητός}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]