noun · feminine
apatas
Strong’sG539
deceit, deception
stem apat-7 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀπάτη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ec 9:6 א (no Heb. equiv.), Jth 9:3, 10, 13 16:8, IV Mac 18:8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G539 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-at'-ay
delusion
Fromfrom G538;
King Jamesdeceit(-ful, -fulness), deceivableness(-ving).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
trick, fraud, deceit, νῦν δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατοRefs 8th c.BC+: in plural, wiles, οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλες.. λήξειν ἀπατάων, says Athena to Ulysses, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 guile, treachery, ἄταν ἀπάτᾳ μεταγνούςRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. εὐπρεπής, opposed to βία ἐμφανής, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. λεχέων a being cheated out of the marriage, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνευ δόλου καὶ ἀπάτης 'without fraud or covin', Refs 5th c.BC+
3 Ἀπάτη, personified, Refs 8th c.BC+
II beguiling of time, pastime (not Attic dialect, Refs 4th c.BC+
III as name of a plant, falsa lectio for{ἀπάπη} (which see).
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apatas2×ἀπάτη | apatais |
| object accusative | apatan | apatain |
| direct address vocative | apatar | apatair |
| of, belonging to genitive | apatau2×ἀπάτης | apataiu |
| to, for dative | apata2×ἀπάτῃ | apatai1×ἀπάταις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apata is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
apatas“deceitfulness”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 13:22… merimnas tou aiōnou houtou kai tas apatas tou ploutou sumpnigatō ton logon, kai …… worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and …
Mark 4:19… tais merimnais tou aiōnou kai tas apatas tou ploutou kai tais peri teim …… the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for …
apatau“deceit”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Ephesians 4:22… ton ftherorōnton kata tain epithumiain tau apatau,… which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Colossians 2:8“deceit”… sulagōgarōntos dia tau filosofiau kai kenau apatau kata tan paradosian toiu anthrōpoiu, kata …… no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces …
apata“deception”to, fordative singular2×
2 Thessalonians 2:10kai en panta apata adikiau toi apolorōntoi, anti heiu tan …and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing …
Hebrews 3:13… hina mē sklēruniteia tinos ek vu apata tau hamartau;… you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
apatai“deceptions”to, fordative plural1×
2 Peter 2:13“deceptions”… spilois kai mōmois entrufarōntois en tai apatai autoiu suneuōchorōntois vi,The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.