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Lexicon :: Strong's G1388 - dolos

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δόλος
Transliteration
dolos (Key)
Pronunciation
dol'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an obsolete primary verb, dello (probably meant to decoy; cf δελεάζω (G1185))
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Strong’s Definitions

δόλος dólos, dol'-os; from an obsolete primary verb, δέλλω déllō (probably meaning to decoy; compare G1185); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile:—craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G1388 in the following manner: guile (7x), subtilty (2x), deceit (2x), craft (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G1388 in the following manner: guile (7x), subtilty (2x), deceit (2x), craft (1x).

  1. craft, deceit, guile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δόλος dólos, dol'-os; from an obsolete primary verb, δέλλω déllō (probably meaning to decoy; compare G1185); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile:—craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
STRONGS G1388:
δόλος, -ου, ὁ, (from δέλω to catch with a bait [(?); Latin dolus, cf. Curtius, § 271]; see δελεάζω above); properly, bait, Homer, Odyssey 12, 252; a lure, snare; hence, craft, deceit, guile: Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1; Mark 7:22; John 1:47 (John 1:48); Acts 13:10; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Romans 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:3 (οὐκ ἔστι ἐν δόλῳ, there is no deceit under it); 1 Peter 2:22 [1], and Revelation 14:5 Rec., after Isaiah 53:9; λαλεῖν δόλον to speak deceitfully (Psalm 33:14 (Ps. 34:14)), 1 Peter 3:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
33:14; 34:14
Isaiah
53:9
Matthew
26:4
Mark
7:22; 14:1
John
1:47; 1:48
Acts
13:10
Romans
1:29
2 Corinthians
12:16
1 Thessalonians
2:3
1 Peter
2:22; 3:10
Revelation
14:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1388 matches the Greek δόλος (dolos),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life[fn] of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - “‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23 - Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7 - Will you speak falsely for God
and speak deceitfully for him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16 - This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their womb prepares deceit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 - “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 - Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20 - For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are just;
the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
but those who plan peace have joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like the glaze[fn] covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 - though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 - For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 - Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but by no human hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 - On that day I will punish
everyone who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s[fn] house
with violence and fraud.
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