Original: καπηλεύω

Transliteration: kapēleúō

Phonetic: kap-ale-yoo'-o

Short Definition: Corrupt

- Original: καπηλεύω

- Transliteration: Kapeleuo

- Phonetic: kap-ale-yoo'-o

- Definition:

1. to be a retailer, to peddle

2. to make money by selling anything

a. to get sordid gain by dealing in anything, to do a thing for base gain

b. to trade in the word of God

1. to try to get base gain by teaching divine truth

c. to corrupt, to adulterate

1. peddlers were in the habit of adulterating their commodities for the sake of gain

- Origin: from kapelos (a huckster)

- TDNT entry: 13:03,4

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From κάπηλος kapē los (a huckster); to retail that is (by implication) to adulterate (figuratively): - corrupt.