Word Summary
apataō: to deceive
Original Word: ἀπατάωTransliteration: apataō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-at-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deceive
Meaning: to deceive
Strong's Concordance
deceive.
Of uncertain derivation; to cheat, i.e. Delude -- deceive.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 538: ἀπατάωἀπατάω,
ἀπάτω; 1 aorist passive
ἠπατήθην; (
ἀπάτη); from
Homer down;
to cheat, deceive, beguile:
τήν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ (
R T Tr WH marginal reading,
αὑτοῦ G,
ἑαυτοῦ L WH text),
James 1:26;
τινα τίνι, one with a thing,
Ephesians 5:6; passive
1 Timothy 2:14 (where
L T Tr WH ἐξαπατηθεῖσα), cf.
Genesis 3:13. (Compare:
ἐξαπατάω.)