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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 with guile, 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 treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - "'Cursed be he who slays 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 Ahazi'ah, "Treachery, O Ahazi'ah!"

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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 a godless man 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 evil and their heart 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 to whom the LORD imputes 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 conceive words of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are mischief 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 - you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

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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 market place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

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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 treacherous.

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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 good have joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A perverse 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 covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates, dissembles 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 guile, 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 basket full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; 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, says 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 magnify himself. Without warning he shall destroy many; and he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes; but, by no human hand, he shall be broken.

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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 every one who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud."
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