verb
doliamō
Strong’sG1387
I act deceitfully, deceive
stem doli-once in the New Testament1 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.
† δολιόω
(< δόλιος), [in LXX: Nu 25:18, Ps 104 (105):25 (נָכַל), Ps 5:6 (חָלַק hi.) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1387 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddol-ee-o'-o
to be guileful
Fromfrom G1386;
King Jamesuse deceit.
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
3rd.pers. plural imperfect ἐδολιοῦσαν, deal treacherously with one, LXX: absolutely, to be treacherous, LXX+2nd c.AD+
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| dolialeἐδολιοῦσαν | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | deceive | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | doliamō | doliame | doliami | doliama | doliamē | doliamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | doliasō | doliase | doliasi | doliasa | doliasē | doliaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | doliatō | doliate | doliati | doliata | doliatē | doliatelē |
| we 1st person plural | dolianō | doliane | doliani | doliana | dolianē | dolianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | doliavō | doliave | doliavi | doliava | doliavē | doliavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | dolialō | doliale1×ἐδολιοῦσαν | doliali | doliala | dolialē | dolialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | doliameiō | doliameia | doliameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | doliaseiō | doliaseia | doliaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | doliateiō | doliateia | doliateiē |
| we 1st person plural | dolianeiō | dolianeia | dolianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | doliaveiō | doliaveia | doliaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | dolialeiō | dolialeia | dolialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | doliasōr | doliasar | doliasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | doliatōr | doliatar | doliatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | doliavōr | doliavar | doliavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | dolialōr | dolialar | dolialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | doliamoiō | doliamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | doliasoiō | doliasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | doliatoiō | doliatoia |
| we 1st person plural | dolianoiō | dolianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | doliavoiō | doliavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | dolialoiō | dolialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | doliarō | doliari | doliara | doliarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | doliarōntos | doliarintos | doliarantos | doliarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
doli 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
doliale“deceive”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Romans 3:13“deceive”… tos larungos autoiu, tai glōssai autoiu doliale, ios aspidaiu hupo teim cheileim autoiu,“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”