Conspiracy

† קָשַׁר vb. bind, league together, conspire (NH id., bind, join, קֶשֶׁר knot; 𝔗 קְטַר, Syriac ܩܛܰܪ bind (ט for ת after ק) NöZMG xl.735, who cp. also (‘perhaps’) Arabic قَسَرَ force to do a thing, Ethiopic ቈጸረ: bind);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. קָשַׁר Am 7:10; 1 K 16:16; 2 ms. sf. וּקְשַׁרְתָּם consec. Dt 6:8, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְשֹׁר 1 K 15:27 +, וַיִּקְשָׁר־ 2 K 15:30, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. קָשְׁרֵם Pr 3:3 +; Pt. act. pl. קשְׁרִים 2 S 15:31 +; pass. fs. קְשׁוּרָה Gn 44:30; Pr 22:15; pl. קְשֻׁרִים Gn 30:42;— 1. bind: a. lit., c. acc. rei + עַל Gn 38:28 (J), Je 51:63, + ב, Jos 2:18, 21 (JE); bind, confine, c. acc. רֵים Jb 39:10 (+ בְּתֶלֶם), acc. of crocod. 40:29. b. fig., c. acc. + עַל Dt 6:8; 11:18; Pr 3:3; 6:21; 7:3 (all of religious and moral precepts); c. ב, נַפְשׁוֹ קְשׁוּרָה בְנַפְשׁוֹ Gn 44:30 his life is bound up with his [viz. the boy’s] life (J; of strong affection); אִוֶּלֶת ק׳ בְלֶב־נָ֑עַר Pr 22:15. c. pt. pass. vigorous (proposes well-knit; opp. עֲטֻפִים) Gn 30:42 (J) 2. league together, conspire: c. על pers. against 1 S 22:8, 13; Am 7:10; 1 K 15:27; 16:9; 2 K 10:9; 15:10, 25; 21:23, 24 = 2 Ch 33:24, 25; 2 Ch 24:21; c. acc. cogn. קֶשֶׁר, 1 K 16:20; 2 K 12:21; 15:15, + עַל pers. 14:19 = 2 Ch 25:27; 2 K 15:30; abs. 1 K 16:16; Ne 4:2 (+ inf. purpose); c. עִם, together with, 2 S 15:31. Niph. Pf. 3 fs. נִקְשְׁרָה 1 S 18:1 the life of Jonathan was bound up with the life of D. (Qal 1 b); Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּקָּשֵׁר כ��ּל־הַחוֹמָה Ne 3:38 all the wall was joined together (the circuit complete). Pi. Impf. 1. bind on (as ornament), 2 fs. sf. וּתְקַשְּׁרִים Is 49:18 (fig.; ‖ תִּלְבְּשִׁי). 2. bind fast, 2 ms. (הַ)תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה Jb 38:31 canst thou bind fast the bands of the Pleiades? Pu. Pt. הַצֹּאן הַמְּקֻשָּׁרוֹת Gn 30:41 (J), = Qal 1 c. Hithp. conspire: Pf. 3 pl. הִתְקַשְּׁרוּ עַל־ 2 Ch 24:25 (‖ 2 K 12:21 Qal 2); Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּתְקַשֵּׁר אֶל־ 2 K 9:14; Pt. pl. הַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִים עָלָיו 2 Ch 24:26.

† קֶ֫שֶׁר n.m. 2 S 15:12 conspiracy;—abs. ק׳ 2 S 15:12 +, קָ֑שֶׁר 2 K 11:14 +; cstr. קֶ֫שֶׁר Ez 22:25 (but v. infr.); sf. קִשְׁרוֹ 1 K 16:20; 2 K 15:15;—conspiracy 2 S 15:12; as acc. cogn. c. קָשַׁר 1 K 16:20; 2 K 12:21; 14:19 = 2 Ch 25:27; 2 K 15:15, 30; וַיִּמְצָא בְּהוֹשֵׁעַ ק׳ 2 K 17:4, נִמְצָא ק׳ בְּאִישׁ וגו׳ Je 11:9; as exclam. 2 K 11:14(×2) = 2 Ch 23:13(×2); Is 8:12(×2) (Gr Lag CheComm. GuKau al. קֹדֶשׁ or קָדשׁ); קֶשֶׁר נְבִיאֶיהָ Ez 22:25, אֲשֶׁר נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Co Toy Krae al. (after 𝔊).

ἐπιβουλ-ή, ἡ, plan formed against another, plot, scheme, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρός τινα against one, Refs 5th c.BC+ by treachery, treacherously, ἐξ ἐ. ἀποθανεῖν, ἐξ ἐ. φονεὺς εἶναι, Refs 5th c.BC+ designedly, Refs 5th c.BC+

συστροφ-ή, ἡ, twisting together, σ. χαύνην λαμβάνειν to be loosely twisted, of yarn, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 turning round, variant (cited in Refs 1st c.AD+ __3 condensation, density, Refs 4th c.BC+ __4 plural, dealings, converse between men, Refs 4th c.BC+ __5 metaphorically of style, terseness, concentration, Refs 4th c.BC+concisely, Refs __II that which is rolled into one mass: hence, __II.1 collection, gathering, πλήθεος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; seditious meeting, concourse, NT+2nd c.BC+; κατὰ συστροφάς in knots, Refs 1st c.BC+; μετὰ συστροφῆς in close array, Refs 1st c.BC+; also, swarm of bees, LXX; flock of birds, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of other things, σ. δρυῶν Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.2 physical mass, aggregate, in plural, Refs 4th c.BC+; especially morbid collection or deposit of tubercles, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ περὶ τοὺς κονδύλους σ. chalk-stones, Refs 1st c.AD+; σ. νεύρων a complication of nerves or sinews, Refs 5th c.BC+; tumour, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.3 twisted grain in wood, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.4 συστροφή, with or without ὄμβρου, a sudden storm of rain, Refs 2nd c.BC+; σ. ἀνέμου, πνεύματος, whirlwind, LXX+4th c.BC+; νέφη καὶ σ. Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II.5 of stars, νεφελοειδὴς σ., = nebula, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† צְדִיָּה n.f. lying-in-wait;—(ב)צ׳ Nu 35:20, 22 i.e. with malicious intent (P).

συνδρομ-ή, ἡ, tumultuous concourse of people, NT+5th c.BC+; ἐπί τινα, κατά τινων, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἀπὸ συνδρομῆς tumultuously, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 of things, στενὴ πορθμοῦ σ. (compare {συνδρομάς}) Refs 3rd c.BC+; σ. αἵματος εἰς τὸν πληγέντα τόπον a determination of blood, Refs 4th c.BC+; combination, κέκληται ἡ σ. τούτων καυλός Refs 1st c.BC+; ἡς. τοῦ λόγου its conclusion, moral, Refs 5th c.AD+; especially in Medicine texts, concurrence of symptoms, 'clinical picture', Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2.b contraction of a muscle, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the prepuce, Refs 7th c.AD+ __3 in Rhet., provisional concession of an adversary's standpoint, Refs 2nd c.AD+

συνωμ-οσία (sometimes wrongly written συνομ-), ἡ: (συνόμνυμι):— being leagued by oath, conspiracy, Refs 5th c.BC+; ξ. δήμου καταλύσεως for putting down the democracy, Refs 3rd c.BC+; οἱ ἐν τῇ ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἐκ τῆς σ. Refs 1st c.AD+; ἡ ἐπί τινα, ἡ κατά τινος σ., Refs __2 confederacy, ἡ πρὸς Ἀργείους γενομένη ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __II body of men leagued by oath, political union or club, Refs 5th c.BC+