Strong's Concordance dolos: a bait, fig. craft, deceit Original Word: δόλος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: dolos Phonetic Spelling: (dol'-os) Short Definition: deceit, guile, treachery Definition: deceit, guile, treachery. HELPS Word-studies 1388 dólos – properly, bait; (figuratively) deceit (trickery) using bait to alure ("hook") people, especially those already festering in excessive, emotional pain (brought on by themselves). 1388 /dólos ("deceit motivated by guile") uses decoys to snare (deceive) people which implies treachery to exploit the naive (undiscerning) – baiting them through (with) their own greed. [1388 (dólos) is the root of: 1386 (dólios), 1387 (dolióō) and 1389 (dolóō).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1388: δόλοςδόλος, δόλου, ὁ (from δέλω, to catch with a bait ((?); Latindolus, cf. Curtius, § 271); see δελεάζω above); properly, bait, Homer, Odyssey 12, 252; a lure, snare; hence, craft, deceit, guile: Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1; Mark 7:22; John 1:47 (48); Acts 13:10; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Romans 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:3 (οὐκ ἐστι ἐν δόλῳ, there is no deceit under it); 1 Peter 2:(1), 22, and Revelation 14:5 Rec., after Isaiah 53:9; λαλεῖν δόλον to speak deceitfully (Psalm 33:14 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance craft, deceit, guile, subtilty. From an obsolete primary verb, dello (probably meaning to decoy; compare deleazo); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile -- craft, deceit, guile, subtilty. see GREEK deleazo Forms and Transliterations δολον δόλον δολος δόλος δολου δόλου δόλους δολω δόλω δόλῳ dolo dolō dóloi dólōi dolon dólon dolos dólos dolou dólouLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 138811 Occurrences δόλῳ — 4 Occ. δόλον — 2 Occ. δόλος — 3 Occ. δόλου — 2 Occ. Matthew 26:4 N-DMS GRK: τὸν Ἰησοῦν δόλῳ κρατήσωσιν καὶ NAS: Jesus by stealth and kill KJV: Jesus by subtilty, and INT: Jesus by trickery they might seize and Mark 7:22 N-NMS Mark 14:1 N-DMS John 1:47 N-NMS Acts 13:10 N-GMS Romans 1:29 N-GMS 2 Corinthians 12:16 N-DMS 1 Thessalonians 2:3 N-DMS 1 Peter 2:1 N-AMS 1 Peter 2:22 N-NMS 1 Peter 3:10 N-AMS |