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Lexicon :: Strong's G1388 - dolos

Aa
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 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:47 - Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10 - O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:16 - But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:3 - For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:1 - So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:22 - Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
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