Conspiracy

King James Dictionary

CONSPIRACY, n. L. See Conspire.

1. A combination of men for an evil purpose an agreement between two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection against the government of a state a plot as a conspiracy against the life of a king a conspiracy against the government.

More than forty had made this conspiracy. Acts 23 .

2. In law, an agreement between two or more persons, falsely and maliciously to indict, or procure to be indicted, an innocent person of felony.

3. A concurrence a general tendency of two or more causes to one event.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Συνωμοσία

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(Strong'S #4945 — Noun Feminine — sunomosia — soon-o-mos-ee'-ah )

denotes, lit., "a swearing together" (sun, "with," omnumi, "to swear"), a "being leagued by oath, and so a conspiracy," Acts 23:13 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon -spir´a -si . See Confederacy .