STRONGS NUMBER G1185


Word Summary
deleazō: to lure
Original Word: δελεάζω
Transliteration: deleazō
Phonetic Spelling: (del-eh-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lure
Meaning: to lure
Strong's Concordance
allure, beguile, entice.

From the base of dolos; to entrap, i.e. (figuratively) delude -- allure, beguile, entice.

see GREEK dolos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1185: δελεάζω

δελεάζω; (present passive δελεάζομαι); (δέλεαρ a bait);

1. properly, to bait, catch by a bait: Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 4, et al.

2. as often in secular authors, metaphorically, to beguile by blandishments, allure, entice, deceive: τινα, 2 Peter 2:14, 18; James 1:14, on this passage cf. Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 22.