Word study · Greek

exapatáō

deceive

Say it: ex-ap-at-AH-o (approximate)

ἐξαπατάω

What it means

To deceive thoroughly (ek "out" plus apataō "to trick"). In 2:14, "the woman, being deceived"; in 2 Corinthians 11:3, "as the serpent deceived Eve"; in Romans 7:11, sin "deceived" me.

Range of meaning

  • DeceiveThoroughly trick.
  • BeguileLead astray.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived" (2:14).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G1818 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources