Strong’s G538 · Greek
ἀπατάω
apatáō · ap-at-ah'-o
Origin of uncertain derivation;
Meaning to cheat, i.e. delude
In the King James Version deceive.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- 1 Timothy 2:14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
- James 1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
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.