Lexical 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.) |