GreekG0539Noun (Feminine)

ἀπάτη

apatē

7Occurrences
G0539Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

delusion

from G538 (ἀπατάω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
deceit, deceitfulness: τοῦ πλούτου,; τῆς ἀδικίας; τῆς ἁμαρτίας; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς ἀ. pl., *ἀπά ται *(see M, Th., i.e.; NTD, 75; MM, l.with).
LXX: א (no Heb. equiv.) *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀπάτη appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Peter
1
2 Thessalonians
1
Colossians
1
Ephesians
1
Hebrews
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

2 Peter 2:13BSB

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness.They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

2 Thessalonians 2:10BSB

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Colossians 2:8BSB

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

Ephesians 4:22BSB

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Hebrews 3:13BSB

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

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