dolos · deceit

What it means

dolos (δόλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “deceit”.

Trickery.

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. A ruse to trap or harm.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• John×1
• Acts×1
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Peter×3

• Matthew 26:4

  and they plotted together to seize Jesus by deceit and kill him.

• Mark 7:22

  adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.

• Mark 14:1

  Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread was after two days. And the high priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by deceit and kill him;

• John 1:47

  Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and says about him, “Look, truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

• Acts 13:10

  and said, “You full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

• Romans 1:29

  filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; they are gossips,

• 2 Corinthians 12:16

  But let it be so: I did not burden you; but being crafty, I caught you by deceit.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:3

  For our encouragement did not come from error or from impurity, nor was it in deceit,

• 1 Peter 2:1

  So putting away all wickedness and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

• 1 Peter 2:22

  who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth;

• 1 Peter 3:10

  For Whoever wants to love life and to see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;