Words the Bible translates as deceit
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- dolosδόλοςtrickery aimed at a person: the cunning, treachery, or crooked speech by which someone is caught off guard and taken advantage of
- mirmahמִרְמָהdeceit: deliberate falsehood used to betray or cheat someone who trusts you
- kazavכָּזָבa falsehood: a claim or thing that does not correspond to reality and so betrays those who rely on it
- planēπλάνηstraying from the truth: the wrong road a person ends up on, and the misleading that puts them there
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהdeceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
+1 more meaning
- slackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
- apatēἀπάτηdeceit: the deliberate trick or false appeal by which someone is misled into believing or wanting what is not real
- tarmitתַּרְמִיתdeceit: treacherous dealing that betrays the trust of the person taken in
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