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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #539 - ἀπάτη

Transliteration

apátē

Phonetics

ap-at'-ay

Origin

from (G538)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

1:385,65

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

deceit, deceitfulness

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

BSB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

CSB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

ESV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

KJV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

N95 (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

NAS (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

NLT (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

WEB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

YLT (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

ASV (7)

by the deceitfulness 1

deceit 2

deceivings 1

of deceit 1

the deceitfulness 2

BSB (7)

deceitful 1

deceitfulness 3

deception 3

CSB (7)

deceit 1

deceitful 1

deception 2

deceptions 1

the seduction 2

ESV (7)

deceit 1

deceitful 1

deceitfulness 3

deception 1

deceptions 1

KJV (7)

deceit 1

deceitful 1

deceitfulness 3

deceivableness 1

deceivings 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

deceit 1

deceitfulness 3

deception 2

deceptions 1

N95 (7)

deceit 1

deceitfulness 3

deception 2

deceptions 1

NAS (7)

deceit 1

deceitfulness 3

deception 2

deceptions 1

NLT (7)

deceived 1

deception 3

lure 2

nonsense 1

WEB (7)

by the deceitfulness 1

deceit 2

deception 1

of deceit 1

the deceitfulness 2

YLT (7)

by the deceitfulness 1

deceit 2

deceitfulness 3

deceits 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BEZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BGB

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BMT

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

BYZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

ELZ

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

NA26

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

SBL

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

SCV

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

STV

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

TIS

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

TRG

N-DPF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀπᾰτ-η, ἡ,

1. trick, fraud, deceit, νῦν δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατο Il. 2.114, cf. 4.168: in pl., wiles, οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλες.. λήξειν ἀπατάων, says Athena to Ulysses, Od. 13.294, cf. Il. 15.31; σκολιαὶ ἀπάται Pi. Fr. 213.

2. guile, treachery, ἄταν ἀπάτᾳ μεταγνούς A. Supp. 111, cf. S. OC 230; ἀπάτης δικαίας οὐκ ἀποστατεῖ θεός A. Fr. 301, cf. Pers. 93; ἀ. ἐρώτων S. Ant. 617; διαβολὴ καὶ ἀ. Antipho 6.7, etc.; ἀ. εὐπρεπής, opp. βία ἐμφανής, Th. 4.86; ἢ βίᾳ ἢ ἀπάτῃ 2.39; ἀ. λεχέων a being cheated out of the marriage, S. Ant. 630; ἄνευ δόλου καὶ ἀπάτης 'without fraud or covin', Hdt. 1.69; μετὰ σκότους καὶ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 864c.

3. Ἀπάτη, personified, Hes. Th. 224, Luc. Merc.Cond. 42.

II beguiling of time, pastime (not Att., Moer. 65), Plb. 4.20.5; ψυχῆς Dicaearch. 1.1; ψυχαγωγίαι καὶ ἀπάται τῆς πόλεως D.Chr. 32.5.

III as name of a plant, f.l. for cross ἀπάπη (q.v.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀπάτη, ἀπάτης, ἡ (from Homer down), deceit, deceitfulness: Colossians 2:8; τοῦ πλούτου, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19; τῆς ἀδικίας, 2 Thessalonians 2:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Hebrews 3:13; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς ἀπάτης the lusts excited by deceit, i. e. by deceitful influences seducing to sin, Ephesians 4:22 (others, 'deceitful lusts'; but cf. Meyer at the passage). Plural, ἀπαται: 2 Peter 2:13 (where L Tr text WH marginal reading ἐν ἀγάπαις), by a paragram (or verbal play) applied to the agapae or love-feasts (cf. ἀγάπη, 2), because these were transformed by base men into seductive revels.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀπάτη , -ης , ἡ ,

[in LXX: Ecclesiastes 9:6 א (no Heb. equiv.), Judith 9:3; Judith 9:10; Judith 9:13; Judith 16:8, 4 Maccabees 18:8 *;]

deceit, deceitfulness: Colossians 2:8; τοῦ πλούτου , Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19 (MM, VGT, s.v.); τῆς ἀδικίας , 2 Thessalonians 2:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας , Hebrews 3:13; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς ἀ ., Ephesians 4:22. pl., ἀπά ται (v. M, Th., i.e.; NTD, 75; MM, l.c.): 2 Peter 2:13 (WH, mg., R., txt., ἐν ἀγάπαις ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For ἀ. = ";deceit"; (as 4 Maccabees 18:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Hebrews 3:13) cf. P Oxy VII. 1020.7 f (A.D. 198–201) εἰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἡ [λικίας ] ἔχεις βοήθιαν, τὸν ἀγῶνα τῆς ἀπάτης ὁ ἡγούμ [ε ]νος τοῦ ἔθν ̣ο ̣υ ̣ς ἐκδι [κ ]ήσει, ";if you can claim the assistance due to immature age, the prefect of the province shall decide the suit for fraud"; (Ed.). So CPHerm 6.9 νῦν δὲ οἱ μὲν [μετ᾽ ἀπά ]της εἰσποιοῦ [ντ ]αι, if the supplement is right. Attention may be called to Deissmann’s note in his Hellenisierung des semitischen Monotheismus (Neue Jahrb. f. d. klass. Altertum, 1903), p. 165 n. : he recalls the fact that ἀπάτη in popular Hellenistic had the meaning ";pleasure,"; and finds this in Matthew 13:22 = Mark 4:19 (cf. Luke 8:14) and 2 Peter 2:13 : cf. Polyb.iii. 56.12 and Moeris’ definition (p. 65)—Ἀπάτη ἡ πλάνη παρ᾽ Ἀττικοῖς. . . ἡ τέρψις παρ᾽ Ἕλλησιν. Of this rare sense Rouffiac (p. 38 f.) cites a probable instance from Priene 113.64 (B.C. 84) κα [τατιθ ]εὶς δὲ μὴ μόνον τὰ πρὸς ἡδον [ήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ βουλόμενος ] ἐκ [τ ]ὸς ἀπάτην χορηγῆσαι [τοῖς θεαταῖς, αὐλητήν ?], where he renders, ";il ne fit pas seulement ce qui était agréable, mais voulant en outre offrir une réjouissance aux spectateurs (il fit venir [un joueur de flûte?])."; It may be added that in P Petr III. 11.21 Ἀπάτη appears as a proper name, where (as in other cases) we may safely assume the ";Hellenistic"; meaning. But the word must have really covered both, like our verb ";beguile";; and ἀπατάω would tend to keep the older sense to the front. If it is derived from a root akin to our find (see Boisacq s. v.), it meant ";invention, discovery"; at the start, and was then turned in malam partem, to be partially reformed in later vernacular.

List of Word Forms

απαταις απάταις ἀπάταις απατη απάτη ἀπάτη ἀπάτῃ απατης απάτης ἀπάτης apatais apátais apate apatē apáte apátē apátei apátēi apates apatēs apátes apátēs