Dolos δόλος

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Dolos
δόλος
Transliterationdolos
Strong's numberG1388
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossdeceit
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent in1 Peter (3)

Dolos (Greek δόλος, Strong's G1388) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “deceit”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

δόλος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for מִרְמָה;]
1. in Hom., a bait.
2. a snare.
3. In the abstract, craft, deceit: Mat.26:4, Mrk.7:22 14:1, Jhn.1:47, Act.13:10, Rom.1:29, 2Co.12:16, 1Th.2:3, 1Pe.2:1 2:22 3:10" (LXX) (λαλῆσαι δ.).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVguile (7), subtilty (2), deceit (2), craft (1)
BSBdeceit (6), trickery (2), covertly (1), covert (1), deceitful (1)

Verses

Every verse with Dolos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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