Deceit
δόλοςStrong’s G1388dolos
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dolos is the Greek word usually translated “deceit”, “trickery” and “guile”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “deceit”, “trickery” and “guile”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- deceit 6
- trickery 2
- by guile 1
- stealth 1
- by trickery 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Peter 3
- Mark 2
- Matthew 1
- John 1
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- Mark 14:1After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
- John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- 2 Corinthians 12:16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Greek dictionary
δόλος dolos · deceit
δόλος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מִרְמָה;] 1. in Hom., a bait. 2. a snare. 3. In the abstract, craft, deceit: Mat.26:4, Mrk.7:22 14:1, Jhn.1:47, Act.13:10, Rom.1:29, 2Co.12:16, 1Th.2:3, 1Pe.2:1 2:22 3:10" (LXX) (λαλῆσαι δ.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “guile” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GUILE, noun
gile. Craft; cunning; artifice; duplicity; deceit; usually in a bad sense.
- “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile” John 1:47
All definitions and other forms of “guile”
GUILE, verb transitive
To disguise craftily.
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.