King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2940
Transliteration: kybeia
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-bi'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: dice playing
Meaning: dice playing
κυβείᾳ (κυβία T WH; see Iota), κυβειας, ἡ (from κυβεύω, and this from κύβος a cube, a die), dice-playing (Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others); tropically, ἡ κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, the deception (A. V. sleight) of men, Ephesians 4:14, because dice-players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow-players.
Word Summary
kybeia: dice playing
Original Word: κυβείαTransliteration: kybeia
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-bi'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: dice playing
Meaning: dice playing
Strong's Concordance
sleight, trickeryFrom kubos (a "cube", i.e. Die for playing); gambling, i.e. (figuratively) artifice or fraud -- sleight.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2940: κυβείᾳκυβείᾳ (κυβία T WH; see Iota), κυβειας, ἡ (from κυβεύω, and this from κύβος a cube, a die), dice-playing (Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others); tropically, ἡ κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, the deception (A. V. sleight) of men, Ephesians 4:14, because dice-players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow-players.