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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, “Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - “If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him even 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 about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to [fn]act against the [fn]life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - ‘Cursed is he who strikes 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 - So [fn]Joram [fn]reined about 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 you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16 - “This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - “They conceive [fn]mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their [fn]mind prepares deception.”

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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 after deceit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

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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 has not lifted up his soul [fn]to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 - How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute 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 they devise deceitful words against those who 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 wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to [fn]be wise and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her [fn]streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And [fn]a babbling fool will be [fn]ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But 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 counselors of peace have joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his [fn]heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 - Though his hatred covers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 - For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:27

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - “Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit;
Through 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 have had everlasting enmity and have [fn]delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the [fn]punishment of the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - “And through his shrewdness
He will cause deceit to succeed by his [fn]influence;
And he will magnify himself in his heart,
And he will [fn]destroy many while they are [fn]at ease.
He will even [fn]oppose the Prince of princes,
But he will be broken without [fn]human agency.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - “After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - “Can I justify wicked scales
And a bag of deceptive weights?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:9

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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