Word study · Greek

methodeía

scheming, craftiness

Say it: meth-od-I-ah (approximate)

μεθοδεία

What it means

Deliberate scheming, a planned trick (from which we get "method"). In 4:14 and 6:11, the schemes of error and of the devil.

Range of meaning

  • SchemeA planned deceit.
  • CraftinessTrickery.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 6

    "Against the wiles of the devil" (6:11).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G3180 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources