Words the Bible translates as deceive
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- planaōπλανάωto lead someone off the right path, or (when it happens to you) to stray from it: literally to wander, and almost always to be deceived away from the truth.
- apataōἀπατάωto deceive: to lead a person into a false belief or a wrong course by misrepresentation
- ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
- patahפָּתָהto make wide or roomy: to enlarge a person's space and give them room to spread out
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- to sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
- paralogizomaiπαραλογίζομαιto deceivenot studied yet
- kazavכָּזַבto lie: to say what is untrue, or (of a thing) to prove false and let one down
- nasahנָשָׁאto deceive: to lure someone into a false sense of security or hope so their own judgment is corrupted
- ramahרָמָהto send something flying with force: to hurl a body, or to shoot arrows from a bow
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- to fool someone who trusted you: to break faith by trickery
- talalתָּלַלto make a fool of someone: to treat a person as a dupe, whether by open ridicule or by lies and broken promises
- exapataōἐξαπατάωto deceive: to lead someone into believing what is false
- dolioōδολιόωto deceivenot studied yet
- aqavעָקַבto come up behind someone and take what was going to be his: to supplant, cheat, or betray
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- to hold something back, keeping it from going forward
- phrenapataōφρεναπατάωto deceivenot studied yet
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