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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 - And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23 - And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7 - Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16 - He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 - If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 - Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20 - For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 - Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 - For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 - Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 - In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
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