Strong’s G1185 · Greek
δελεάζω
deleázō · del-eh-ad'-zo
Origin from the base of δόλος (G1388);
Meaning to entrap, i.e. (figuratively) delude
In the King James Version allure, beguile, entice.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- James 1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- 2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.