Strong G1185δελεάζω
to entice
- Transliteration
- deleazō
- Pronunciation
- del-eh-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the baes of G1388; to entrap that is (figuratively) delude: - allure beguile entice.
Detailed definition
δελεάζω
(δέλεαρ, a bait),
to allure by a bait: metaphorically, to allure, entice: with accusative, 2Pe.2:14, 18; pass., Jas.1:14.†
(AS)
(δέλεαρ, a bait),
to allure by a bait: metaphorically, to allure, entice: with accusative, 2Pe.2:14, 18; pass., Jas.1:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1185 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- allure1
- beguile1
- entice1
First verses
- James 1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- 2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δελε-άζω,
(δέλεαρ) entice or catch by a bait, τὴν γραῦν δ. λεπαστῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 45, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.15.3; δ. τινὰς ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 6.10)]:— passive, γαστρὶ δελεάζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.34, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent. Vat.” 16, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.14O.; ῥᾳστώνῃ καὶ σχολῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45)]; ὑπὸ χρημάτων, ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 9, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.185a.)]
II with accusative cognate, νῶτον ὑὸς περὶ ἄγκιστρον δ. put it on the hook as a bait, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70)]; but δ. ἄγκιστρον ἰσχάδι bait it with a fig, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 47; δ. ἄγκιστρον ἐπ᾽ ἄλλους to catch others. [prev. work] 48.)]
(δέλεαρ) entice or catch by a bait, τὴν γραῦν δ. λεπαστῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 45, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.15.3; δ. τινὰς ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 6.10)]:— passive, γαστρὶ δελεάζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.34, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent. Vat.” 16, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.14O.; ῥᾳστώνῃ καὶ σχολῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45)]; ὑπὸ χρημάτων, ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 9, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.185a.)]
II with accusative cognate, νῶτον ὑὸς περὶ ἄγκιστρον δ. put it on the hook as a bait, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.70)]; but δ. ἄγκιστρον ἰσχάδι bait it with a fig, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 47; δ. ἄγκιστρον ἐπ᾽ ἄλλους to catch others. [prev. work] 48.)]