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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76687" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76687" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Σικάριος''''' ''' (Strong'S #4607 — Noun Masculine — sikarios — sik-ar'-ee-os ) </div> <p> is a Latin word (sicarius, "from" sica, "a dagger") denoting "one who carries a dagger or short sword under his clothing, an assassin," Acts 21:38 , RV. Here it is used as a proper name (see the RV) of the Sicarii, "assassins," the fanatical [[Jewish]] faction which arose in [[Judea]] after [[Felix]] had rid the country of the robbers referred to by [[Josephus]] (Ant., XX). They mingled with the crowds at festivals and stabbed their political opponents unobserved (AV, "murderers"). </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89135" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89135" /> == | ||
