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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
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Gen 3:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 -

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 -

Then it happened on the [fn]fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and [fn]how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - “You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to know of your going out and your coming in and to know all that you are doing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - “And Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:21 - “Then a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:22 - “And Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice him and also prevail. Go out and do so.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, that you may live and not die.” But do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And some years later he went down to Ahab at Samaria. And Ahab sacrificed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and incited him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - “And Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:20 - “Then a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21 - “And he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice him and also prevail. Go out and do so.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is not Hezekiah inciting you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “Yahweh our God will deliver us from the [fn]hand of the king of Assyria”?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 -

And my heart became secretly enticed,

And my hand [fn]threw a kiss from my mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 -

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,

Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;

And the comfort of your table full of [fn]fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 -

In the day of my distress I sought the Lord;

In the night my hand was stretched out [fn]without weariness;

My soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36 -

But they deceived Him with their mouth

And lied to Him with their tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 -

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the abode of the righteous;

Do not destroy his resting place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14 - “Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - ‘Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of [fn]Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 -

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace’; whereas a sword touches the [fn]throat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 -

O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed;

You were stronger than I, and You prevailed.

I have become a laughingstock all day long;

Everyone mocks me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 -

For I have heard the bad report of many,

“Terror on every side!

Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”

[fn]All my trusted friends,

Keeping watch for my fall, say:

“Perhaps he will be [fn]deceived, so that we may prevail against him

And take our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - ‘And behold, all of the women who have remained in the house of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the [fn]officers of the king of Babylon; and behold, those women will say,

“[fn]Your close friends

Have misled and overpowered you;

While your feet were sunk in the mud,

They turned back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8 -

“Flee away, turn back, inhabit the depths,

O inhabitants of Dedan,

For I [fn]will bring the disaster of Esau upon him

At the time I [fn]punish him.

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