Definition
ἀπάτη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Ecclesiastes 9:6 א (no Heb. equiv.), Jdt.9.3, 10; 9:13; 16:8, 4Ma.18.8 * ;]
deceit, deceitfulness: Colossians 2:8; τοῦ πλούτου, Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19 (MM, VGT, see word); τῆς ἀδικίας, 2 Thessalonians 2:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Hebrews 3:13; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς ἀ., Ephesians 4:22. pl., ἀπά ται (see M, Th., i.e.; NTD, 75; MM, l.with): 2 Peter 2:13 (WH, mg., R., txt., ἐν ἀγάπαις).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Matthew 13:22ἀπάτη · deceitfulnessThe seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:19ἀπάτη · deceitfulness…but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Ephesians 4:22ἀπάτης · deceitful…to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Colossians 2:8ἀπάτης · deceptionSee 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.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10ἀπάτῃ · deception…and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Hebrews 3:13ἀπάτῃ · deceitfulnessBut exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- 2 Peter 2:13ἀπάταις · deceptionThe 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.