δολιόω
dolióō · G1387 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to deceive, to trick into, treachery
To deceive by using trickery and falsehood
ExamplesRomans 3:13 “THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,” “THE VENOM OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS”;
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- ἀπατάω apatáō · G538 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- Greek verb meaning to deceive or cheat through misleading, sharing the deceptive sense of δολιόω but emphasizing the resultant state of being misled rather than the guileful method itself.
- πλανάω planáō · G4105 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- Greek verb meaning to lead astray or deceive by causing someone to wander or err from truth or virtue, overlapping with δολιόω in the domain of deception but emphasizing the act of causing deviation rather than guileful trickery per se.
- ἐξαπατάω exapatáō · G1818 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- Greek verb meaning to deceive thoroughly or beguile, an intensified form of ἀπατάω, sharing the core deceptive sense with δολιόω but emphasizing completeness of deception.
In the other Testament 2 words
- רָמָה râmâh · H7411 · to throw, to hurl, to cast
- Hebrew verb meaning to deceive or deal treacherously, a direct translation equivalent for the guileful action expressed by δολιόω; used in contexts of treacherous deception (e.g., Gen 29:25, Lam 1:19).
- נָכַל nâkal · H5230 · to deceive, to double-cross
- Hebrew verb meaning to act deceitfully or use guile/trickery, closely matching the guileful sense of δολιόω; appears in contexts of cunning deceit (e.g., Gen 37:18 in some traditions, Mal 1:14).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To deceive, to trick into, treachery88.154
- Used of the deliberate use of false words to mislead, as of the psalm quoted describing throats that are open graves, tongues that speak deceit, in Romans 3:13.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (δόλιος); to deceive, use deceit: in Rom 3:13, from Ps 5:10, imperfect ἐδολιοῦσαν an…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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