And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
The 1611 reading
And he went his way, and communed with the chiefe Priests and captaines, how he might betray him vnto them.
KJV dictionary & concordance
To deliver a person into an enemy's hands by treachery or fraud, violating trust or confidence.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Chronicles 12:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
And he went his way, and communed with the chiefe Priests and captaines, how he might betray him vnto them.
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
And he promised, and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them in the absence of the multitude.
1611 marginal noteOr, without tumult.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; more generally, to violate trust or confidence by unfaithfulness.