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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1185 - δελεάζω

Transliteration

deleázō

Phonetics

del-eh-ad'-zo

Root Word (Etymology)

from the base of (G1388)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to bait, catch by a bait
metaph. to beguile by blanishments, allure, entice, deceive

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

James 1

2 Peter 2

NAS (3)

James 1

2 Peter 2

HCS (3)

James 1

2 Peter 2

BSB (3)

James 1

2 Peter 2

ESV (3)

James 1

2 Peter 2

WEB (3)

James 1

2 Peter 2

KJV (3)

allure 1

beguiling 1

enticed 1

NAS (3)

entice 1

enticed 1

enticing 1

HCS (3)

They seduce 1

enticed 1

they seduce 1

BSB (3)

[and] entice 1

enticed 1

they seduce 1

ESV (3)

entice 2

enticed 1

WEB (3)

enticed 1

enticing 1

they entice 1

RAH

ANT

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

BEZ

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

BGB

V-PIA-3P 1

V-PPA-NMP 1

V-PPM/P-NMS 1

BMT

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

BYZ

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

ELZ

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

NA26

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAPNPM 1

V-PPPNSM 1

SBL

V-3PAIP 1

V-PAPNPM 1

V-PPPNSM 1

SCV

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

STV

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

TIS

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PPP-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

δελε-άζω,

(δέλεαρ)

I entice or catch by a bait, τὴν γραῦν δ. λεπαστῇ Antiph. 45, cf. Hdn. 2.15.3; δ. τινὰς ἐπὶ πλεονεξίαν Onos. 6.10: — Pass., γαστρὶ δελεάζεσθαι X. Mem. 2.1.4, cf. Isoc. 8.34, Epicur. Sent. Vat. 16, Phld. Lib. p.14O.; ῥᾳστώνῃ καὶ σχολῇ D. 18.45; ὑπὸ χρημάτων, ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς, Luc. Apol. 9, Jul. Or. 6.185a.

II c. acc. cogn., νῶτον ὑὸς περὶ ἄγκιστρον δ. put it on the hook as a bait, Hdt. 2.70; but δ. ἄγκιστρον ἰσχάδι bait it with a fig, Luc. Pisc. 47; δ. ἄγκιστρον ἐπ' ἄλλους to catch others. ib. 48.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

δελεάζω; (present passive δελεάζομαι); (δέλεαρ a bait);

1. properly, to bait, catch by a bait: Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 4, et al.

2. as often in secular authors, metaphorically, to beguile by blandishments, allure, entice, deceive: τινα, 2 Peter 2:14, 18; James 1:14, on this passage cf. Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 22.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*δελεάζω

(< δέλεαρ , a bait),

to allure by a bait: metaph., to allure, entice: c. acc, 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:18; pass., James 1:14.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

δελεαζομενος δελεαζόμενος δελεαζοντες δελεάζοντες δελεαζουσιν δελεάζουσιν deleazomenos deleazómenos deleazontes deleázontes deleazousin deleázousin