Kapēleúō — G2585

Definition

verb

to retail, i.e. (by implication) to adulterate (figuratively)

1. an inn-keeper, especially a vintner
2. a petty retailer, a huckster, pedler
3. to be a retailer, to peddle
4. with the accusative of the thing, "to make money by selling anything

Usually translated as

corrupt

Origin

from kápēlos (a huckster)

Occurrences

Kapēleúō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Corinthians (1)

• 2 Corinthians 2:17 — For we are not as many, which corrupt (καπηλεύοντες) the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.