Betray, Betrayer - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Betray, Betrayer
[ A-1,Verb,G3860, paradidomi ]to betray" (para, "up," didomi, "to give"), lit., "to give over," is used either
(a) in the sense of delivering a person or thing to be kept by another, to commend, e.g., Acts 28:16;
(b) to deliver to prison or judgment, e.g., Matthew 4:12; 1 Timothy 1:20;
(c) to deliver over treacherously by way of "betrayal," Matthew 17:22 (RV, "delivered"); Matthew 26:16; John 6:64 etc.;
(d) to hand on, deliver, e.g., 1 Corinthians 11:23;
(e) to allow of something being done, said of the ripening of fruit, Mark 4:29, RV, "is ripe" (marg., "alloweth"). See BRING, Note
(4), CAST, COMMIT, DELIVER, GIVE, HAZARD, PUT (in prison), RECOMMEND.
[ B-1,Noun,G4273, prodotes ]
"a betrayer" (akin to A), is translated "betrayers" in Acts 7:52; "traitor," "traitors," in Luke 6:16; 2 Timothy 3:4. See TRAITOR.