Word

ἀπάτη

apátē · G539 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to mislead, to deceive, deception

To cause someone to have misleading or erroneous views concerning the truth

Examples
Matthew 13:22 “And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:19 but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Ephesians 4:22 that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

5 occurrences in 4 groups

πλοῦτοςriches, wealth 2
ἁμαρτίαsin 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
ἀδικίαunrighteousness, wrongdoing 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κενόςempty, vain 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

συμπνίγωto cause plants to die 2
εἰσπορεύομαιto enter, to go into 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin 3
διάthrough 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐπιθυμίαdesire, lust 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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Semantic domains 1 entry

To mislead, to deceive, deception31.12: In Matthew 13:22, Jesus explains that in some hearers “the anxiety of the world and the deceitfulness (apátē) of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful,” naming the deceptive power riches can exert over the heart.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀπατάω apatáō · G538 · to mislead, to deceive, deception · 3×ἀπάτηapátē · G539ἐξαπατάω exapatáō · G1818 · to mislead, to deceive, deception · 6×

Also from the root ἀπατάω

φρεναπάτης phrenapátēs · G5423 · person who misleads, deceiver · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀπάτης, ἡ (from Homer down), deceit, deceitfulness: Col 2:8; τοῦ πλούτου, Mt 13:22; Mk…

ἀπάτης, ἡ (from Homer down), deceit, deceitfulness: Col 2:8; τοῦ πλούτου, Mt 13:22; Mk 4:19; τῆς ἀδικίας, 2 Thess 2:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Heb 3:13; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς ἀπάτης the lusts excited by deceit, i. e. by deceitful influences seducing to sin, Eph 4:22 (others, 'deceitful lusts'; but cf. Meyer at the passage). Plural, ἀπαται: 2 Pet 2:13 (where L Tr text WH marginal reading ἐν ἀγάπαις), by a paragram (or verbal play) applied to the agapae or love-feasts (cf. ἀγάπη, 2), because these were transformed by base men into seductive revels.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Hold a Wrong View, Be Mistaken7 occurrences

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