in actual crime

prop. with ref. to theft, then generally, : as freq., neut. dat. after , (Rec., ).† in the very act ἐπί ἐπαυτοφώρῳ Jo 8:4

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au)to/fwros, on

in the very act

in theft itself, i.e. (by analogy) in actual crime

in the very act

αὐτόφωρος, -ον (αὐτός, φώρ, a thief) [in Sm.: Job.34:11 * ;] prop. with ref. to theft, then generally, in the very act: as freq., neut. dative after ἐπί, Jhn.8:4 (Rec., ἐπαυτοφώρῳ).† (AS)