δόλος dolos

Greek word for “deceit” · Strong’s G1388 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

δόλος, -ου, ὁ; 1. in Hom., a bait.; 2. a snare.; 3. In the abstract, craft, deceit:, 14:1, 2:22 3:10" (LXX) (λαλῆσαι δ.).†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for dolos in context, with how often each is used:

• deceit 6
• trickery 3
• guile 1
• stealth 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Peter 2 (2), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 14 (1), John 1 (1), Acts 13 (1), Romans 1 (1), 2 Corinthians 12 (1), 1 Thessalonians 2 (1), 1 Peter 3 (1)

Forms

• δόλῳ 4
• δόλος 3
• δόλου 2
• δόλον 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dolos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πονηρία ponēria “evil” 2
• φθόνος phthonos “envy” 2
• πλεονεξία pleonexia “greediness” 2
• κακία kakia “evil” 2
• παύω pauō “to cease” 2
• κρατέω krateō “to grasp/seize” 2
• ἀποκτείνω apokteinō “to kill” 2
• οὐδέ oude “nor” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2

Key verses

The verses using dolos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 26:4 — And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
• Mark 7:22 — Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Mark 14:1 — After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put…
• John 1:47 — Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
• Acts 13:10 — And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of…
• Romans 1:29 — Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
• 2 Corinthians 12:16 — But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:3 — For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
• 1 Peter 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
• 1 Peter 2:22 — Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
• 1 Peter 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.