King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1388
Transliteration: dolos
Phonetic Spelling: (dol'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a bait, craft, deceit
Meaning: a bait, craft, deceit
δόλος, δόλου, ὁ (from δέλω, to catch with a bait ((?); Latindolus, cf. Curtius, § 271); see δελεάζω above); properly, bait, Homer, Odyssey 12, 252; a lure, snare; hence, craft, deceit, guile: Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1; Mark 7:22; John 1:47 (48); Acts 13:10; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Romans 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:3 (οὐκ ἐστι ἐν δόλῳ, there is no deceit under it); 1 Peter 2:(1), 22, and Revelation 14:5 Rec., after Isaiah 53:9; λαλεῖν δόλον to speak deceitfully (Psalm 33:14 ()), 1 Peter 3:10.
Word Summary
dolos: a bait, craft, deceit
Original Word: δόλοςTransliteration: dolos
Phonetic Spelling: (dol'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a bait, craft, deceit
Meaning: a bait, craft, deceit
Strong's Concordance
craft, deceit, guile, subtilty. From an obsolete primary verb, dello (probably meaning to decoy; compare deleazo); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile -- craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
see GREEK deleazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1388: δόλοςδόλος, δόλου, ὁ (from δέλω, to catch with a bait ((?); Latindolus, cf. Curtius, § 271); see δελεάζω above); properly, bait, Homer, Odyssey 12, 252; a lure, snare; hence, craft, deceit, guile: Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1; Mark 7:22; John 1:47 (48); Acts 13:10; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Romans 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:3 (οὐκ ἐστι ἐν δόλῳ, there is no deceit under it); 1 Peter 2:(1), 22, and Revelation 14:5 Rec., after Isaiah 53:9; λαλεῖν δόλον to speak deceitfully (Psalm 33:14