apatē · deceit

What it means

apatē (ἀπάτη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “deceit”.

Seduction.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What seduces and leads astray.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• deceitfulness ×3
• deceit ×2
• deception ×1
• deceptions ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Matthew 13:22

  And the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

• Mark 4:19

  and the worries of the age and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things, coming in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

• Ephesians 4:22

  that you put off, according to your former way of life, the old man who is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit,

• Colossians 2:8

  Watch out that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of human beings, according to the elements of the world and not according to the Messiah;

• 2 Thessalonians 2:10

  and with all deception of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved.

• Hebrews 3:13

  But encourage one another every day, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

• 2 Peter 2:13

  suffering wrong as the wage of their unrighteousness. They consider luxury in broad daylight a pleasure; they are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.