What Does “Defraud” Mean in the Bible?
To take from someone, by cheating, what belongs to him.
A detail
- In Luke 19:8: the Douay-Rheims Bible says “wronged”; the NABRE says “extorted.”
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 19:8
What the Bible says
Luke 19:8
But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “defraudar”; Luke 19:8