Greek noun (masculine) · G1388
δόλος
dolosdol'-os
in Hom.; a snare; In the abstract
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dólos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1388is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1388
a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile
The King James renders it: craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
dolos is rendered "in Hom.; a snare; In the abstract". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Peter, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "in Hom.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Matthew 26:4δόλῳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eleven uses are in 1 Peter.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: in Hom., and a snare, and In the abstract.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in Hom.a bait. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. |
| a snare | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| In the abstractcraft, deceit | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| δολόω | doloo | to distort | Uses1 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δόλῳ4
- δόλος3
- δόλον2
- δόλου2
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular4N-DSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2N-GSM
Matthew
one use
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- δόλῳdolonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: by guile
Mark
two uses
greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
- δόλοςdolosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: deceit
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
- δόλῳdolonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: stealth
John
one use
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- δόλοςdolosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: deceit
Acts
one use
and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- δόλουdolounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: deceit
Romans
one use
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
- δόλουdolounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: deceit
2 Corinthians
one use
Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
- δόλῳdolonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: by trickery
1 Thessalonians
one use
For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
- δόλῳdolonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: trickery
1 Peter
three uses
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- δόλονdolonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: deceit
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- δόλοςdolosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: trickery
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
- δόλονdolonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: deceit
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.