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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 36 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23 - And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7 -
Will ye speak unrighteously for God,
And talk deceitfully for him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:16 -
This also shall be my salvation,
That a godless man shall not come before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity,
And their heart prepareth deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 -
If I have walked with falsehood,
And my foot hath hasted to deceit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 -
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood,
And hath not sworn deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 -
Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no guile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 -
Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20 -
For they speak not peace;
But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 -
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:
He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 -
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 -
Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 -
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow;
But a prating fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 -
The thoughts of the righteous are just;
But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 -
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 -
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 -
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;
But he layeth up deceit within him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 -
Though his hatred cover itself with guile,
His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 - For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 - As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 - Because thou hast had a perpetual enmity, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 - And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
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