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Lexicon :: Strong's G538 - apataō

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ἀπατάω
Transliteration
apataō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-at-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:384,65

Strong’s Definitions

ἀπατάω apatáō, ap-at-ah'-o; of uncertain derivation; to cheat, i.e. delude:—deceive.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G538 in the following manner: deceive (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G538 in the following manner: deceive (4x).

  1. to cheat, beguile, deceive

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀπατάω apatáō, ap-at-ah'-o; of uncertain derivation; to cheat, i.e. delude:—deceive.
STRONGS G538:
ἀπατάω, -ῶ; 1 aorist passive ἠπατήθην; (ἀπάτη); from Homer down; to cheat, deceive, beguile: τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ [R T Tr WH marginal reading, αὑτ. G, ἑαυτ. L WH text], James 1:26; τινά τινι, one with a thing, Ephesians 5:6; passive 1 Timothy 2:14 (where L T Tr WH ἐξαπατηθεῖσα), cf. Genesis 3:13.
[Compare: ἐξαπατάω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
3:13
Ephesians
5:6
1 Timothy
2:14
James
1:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G538 matches the Greek ἀπατάω (apataō),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 - “If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 - On the fourth[fn] day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to steal our property?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[fn] of silver.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:21 - Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:22 - “ ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. “ ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life and not death! “Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - Some years later he went down to see Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to attack Ramoth Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:20 - Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “ ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21 - “ ‘I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - When Hezekiah says, ‘The LORD our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36 - But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14 - This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign LORD! How completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ when the sword is at our throats!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 - You deceived[fn] me, LORD, and I was deceived[fn]; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you: “ ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet are sunk in the mud; your friends have deserted you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8 - Turn and flee, hide in deep caves, you who live in Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time when I punish him.
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