Study
Word study

Word study

Greek

To trick

ἀπατάωStrong’s G0538

apataō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apataō is the Greek word usually translated “should deceive”, “was deceived” and “deceiving”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”
1 Timothy 2:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “should deceive”, “was deceived” and “deceiving”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • should deceive 1
  • was deceived 1
  • deceiving 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ephesians 1
  • 1 Timothy 1
  • James 1

3 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

ἀπατάω apataō · to trick

ἀπατάω, -ῶ (ἀπάτη), [in LXX for פָּתָה, נָשָׁא hi., etc. ;] to deceive: with accusative, Jas.1:26; with accusative of person(s), dative of thing(s), Eph.5:6; pass., 1Ti.2:14 (on its infrequency in late writers, see MM, VGT, see word; cf. ἐξαπατάω).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “trick” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TRICK, noun

[Latin tricor, to play tricks, to trifle, to baffle. We see the same root in the Low Latin intrico, to fold, and in intrigue. trick is from drawing, that is, a drawing aside, or a folding, interweaving, implication.]

  1. An artifice or stratagem for the purpose of deception; a fraudful contrivance for an evil purpose, or an underhand scheme to impose upon the world; a cheat or cheating.
  2. A dexterous artifice.
  3. Vicious practice; as the tricks of youth.
  4. The sly artifice or legerdemain of a juggler; as the tricks of a merry Andrew.
All definitions and other forms of “trick”
  1. A collection of cards laid together.
  2. An unexpected event.
  3. A particular habit or manner; as, he has a trick of drumming with his fingers, or a trick of frowning. [This word is in common use in America, and by no means vulgar.]

TRICK, verb transitive

To deceive; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.

    TRICK, verb transitive

    To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically.

      TRICK, verb intransitive

      To live by deception and fraud.

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.