Word Summary
dolos: a bait, craft, deceit
Original Word: δόλοςTransliteration: dolos
Phonetic Spelling: (dol'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a bait, craft, deceit
Meaning: a bait, craft, deceit
Strong's Concordance
craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
From an obsolete primary verb, dello (probably meaning to decoy; compare deleazo); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile -- craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
see GREEK deleazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1388: δόλοςδόλος,
δόλου,
ὁ (from
δέλω, to catch with a bait ((?); Latin
dolus, cf.
Curtius, § 271); see
δελεάζω above); properly,
bait, Homer, Odyssey 12, 252; a lure, snare; hence,
craft, deceit, guile:
Matthew 26:4;
Mark 14:1;
Mark 7:22;
John 1:47 (48);
Acts 13:10;
2 Corinthians 12:16;
Romans 1:29;
1 Thessalonians 2:3 (
οὐκ ἐστι ἐν δόλῳ, there is no deceit under it);
1 Peter 2:(1), 22, and
Revelation 14:5 Rec., after
Isaiah 53:9;
λαλεῖν δόλον to speak deceitfully (
Psalm 33:14 ()), 1 Peter 3:10.