Enticement
מַדּוּחַStrong’s H4065madduach (mad-du-ach)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Madduach is the Hebrew word usually translated “enticement”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.”
Meaning
- Seduction, enticement, a thing to draw aside
How it's translated
- and enticement 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Lamentations 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מַדּוּחַ madduach · enticement
seduction, enticement, a thing to draw aside
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “enticement” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENTI'CEMENT, noun
The act or practice of inciting to evil; instigation; as the enticements of evil companions.
- Means of inciting to evil; that which seduces by exciting the passions.
- Allurement.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.