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dolos G1388

δόλος (dolos) means “deceit” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

δόλος Greek · G1388 11 tagged occurrences in 11 verses

Pronunciation guide: dol'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1388

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

deceit, guile, treachery.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G1388

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
deceit 5
a covert 1
by trickery 1
covertly 1
deceitful 1
of deceit 1
trickery 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
guile 6
deceit 2
by subtilty 1
craft 1
subtilty 1
with guile 1

Verses containing G1388

Page 1 of 1. 11 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

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  2. Mark 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

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  3. Mark 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

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  4. John 1:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

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  5. Acts 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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  6. Romans 1:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

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  7. 2 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

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  8. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

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  9. 1 Peter 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

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  10. 1 Peter 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

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  11. 1 Peter 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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