Strong's Greek · G1388
G1388 dólos
δόλος
dol'-os
deceit
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dólos appears 11 times in Scripture, including Matthew 26:4 and Mark 7:22. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile
In the King James Version
craft, deceit, guile, subtilty
Derivation
from an obsolete primary verb, δέλλω (probably meaning to decoy; compare G1185 (δελεάζω));
Appears 11 times in Scripture
“They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,”
“and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.”
“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”
“greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.”
“For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.”
“For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.”
“and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?”
“When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.””
“Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.”
““He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
