ἐξαπατάω
exapatáō · G1818 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to mislead, to deceive, deception
To cause someone to have misleading or erroneous views concerning the truth
ExamplesRomans 7:11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it, killed me.
Romans 16:18 For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Take care that no one deceives himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
- ἁμαρτίαsin 1
- μηδείςno one 1
- ὄφιςsnake 1
- τὶςsomeone 1
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ΕὖαEua 1
- καρδίαheart 1
- σύyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- διάthrough+ ἐντολήcommandment 1
- διάthrough+ εὐλογίαblessing, praise 1
- διάthrough+ χρηστολογίαattractive speech 1
- ἐνin+ πανουργίαcraftiness 1
- ἐνin+ παράβασιςtransgression 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ τρόποςmanner 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μήnot 2
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 1 word
- φρεναπατάω phrenapatáō · G5422 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- The target term and φρεναπατάω (“to be a mind-misleader, to delude”) both denote deceptive action, converging on the core concept of deception; φρεναπατάω's compound structure specifically targets the mind, a matter of internal composition within a shared meaning of leading someone astray.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To mislead, to deceive, deception31.12
- This verb describes thoroughly leading someone into error, used of Paul's description of sin taking opportunity through the commandment to deceive and kill him — "sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it, killed me" (Romans 7:11), and of his warning against being deceived about the day of the Lord's coming — "No one is to deceive you in any way!" (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐξαπάτω; 1 aorist ἐξηπάτησα; 1 aorist passive participle feminine ἐξαπατηθεῖσα; (εξ(…
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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