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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, , (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 -

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, and thus they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - “If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him by deceit, you shall take him even from My altar, that he may die.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - ‘You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand against the [fn]life of your neighbor; I am Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 -

‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23 - So [fn]Joram [fn]turned about and fled and said to Ahaziah, “There is deception, O Ahaziah!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7 -

“Will you speak what is unrighteous for God,

And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16 -

“This also will be my salvation,

For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive [fn]trouble and give birth to wickedness,

And their [fn]belly prepares deception.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 -

“If I have walked with worthlessness,

And my foot has hastened after deceit,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 -

Pe

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;

Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 -

He who has innocent hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul [fn]to worthlessness

And has not sworn deceitfully.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 -

How blessed is the man whose iniquity Yahweh will not take into account,

And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 -

Nun

Guard your tongue from evil

And your lips from speaking deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20 -

For they do not speak peace,

But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 -

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

He has ceased to consider to do good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 -

Your tongue devises destruction,

Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 -

Destruction is in her midst;

Oppression and deceit do not depart from her [fn]streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 -

He who winks the eye causes pain,

And an ignorant fool of loose lips will be [fn]ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 -

The thoughts of the righteous are just,

But the guidance of the wicked is deceitful.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 -

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,

But counselors of peace have gladness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 -

A perverse man spreads strife,

And a whisperer separates close companions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 -

Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross

Are fiery lips and an evil heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 -

He who hates disguises it with his lips,

But he sets up deceit within himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 -

Though his hatred covers itself with guile,

His evil will be revealed in the assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 -

For every boot of the booted warrior in the rumbling of battle,

And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 -

So His grave was assigned with wicked men,

Yet He was with a rich man in His death,

Because He had done no violence,

Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 -

‘Like a cage full of birds,

So their houses are full of deceit;

Therefore they have become great and rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 -

“Your habitation is in the midst of deceit;

Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 -

“Because you have had everlasting enmity and have [fn]delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of the [fn]punishment of the end,

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 -

“And through his insight

He will cause deceit to succeed by his hand;

And he will magnify himself in his heart,

And he will [fn]destroy many while they are [fn]at ease.

He will even stand against the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken without hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - “And after an alliance is made with him, he will [fn]practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 -

“Can I purify wicked scales

And a bag of deceptive weights?

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 -

“And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold,

Who fill the house of their [fn]Lord with violence and deceit.

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