- Original: νοσφίζομαι - Transliteration: Nosphizomai - Phonetic: nos-fid'-zom-ahee - Definition: 1. to set apart, separate, divide 2. to set apart or separate for one's self 3. to purloin, embezzle, withdraw covertly and appropriate to one's own use - Origin: middle voice from nosphi (apart or clandestinely) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice from νοσφί nosphi (apart or clandestinely); to sequestrate for oneself that is embezzle: - keep back purloin. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • back, 2 Act 5:2; Act 5:3 • purloining, 1 Titus 2:10