Strong's Greek · G539
G539 apátē
ἀπάτη
ap-at'-ay
deceit
Looking for Hebrew H539 ʼâman? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G539. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
apátē appears 7 times in Scripture, in Matthew, Mark, Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, Hebrews and 2 Peter. 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
delusion
In the King James Version
deceit(-ful, -fulness), deceivableness(-ving)
Derivation
from G538 (ἀπατάω);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.”
“and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.”
“to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;”
“But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”
“The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
“but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
“The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.”
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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).
