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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness:

"deceit or deceitfulness" (akin to apatao, "to cheat, deceive, beguile"), that which gives a false impression, whether by appearance, statement or influence, is said of riches, Mat 13:22; Mar 4:19; of sin, Hbr 3:13. The phrase in Eph 4:22, "deceitful lusts," AV, "lusts of deceit," RV, signifies lusts excited by "deceit," of which "deceit" is the source of strength, not lusts "deceitful" in themselves. In 2Th 2:10, "all deceit of unrighteousness," RV, signifies all manner of unscrupulous words and deeds designed to "deceive" (see Rev 13:13-15). In Col 2:8, "vain deceit" suggests that "deceit" is void of anything profitable.

Note: In 2Pe 2:13, the most authentic texts have "revelling in their love-feasts," RV (agapais), for AV, "deceivings" (apatais).

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness:

primarily "a bait, snare;" hence, "craft, deceit, guile," is translated "deceit" in Mar 7:22; Rom 1:29.
See CRAFT, GUILE, SUBTILTY.

Notes:

(1) Plane, rendered "deceit" in 1Th 2:3, AV, signifies wandering (cp. Eng., "planet"), hence, "error" (RV), i.e., a wandering from the right path; in Eph 4:14, "wiles of error," AV, "to deceive."
See DELUDE, ERROR.

(2) For dolioo, "to use deceit," see C, No. 4.

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"deceitful," is used in 2Cr 11:13, of false apostles as "deceitful workers;" cp. A, No. 2 and Note (2).

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness:

"to beguile, deceive" (see A, No. 1), is used

(a) of those who "deceive" "with empty words," belittling the true character of the sins mentioned, Eph 5:6;

(b) of the fact that Adam was "not beguiled," 1Ti 2:14, RV (cp. what is said of Eve; see No. 2 below);

(c) of the "self-deceit" of him who thinks himself religious, but bridles not his tongue, Jam 1:26.

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ek (ex), intensive, and No. 1, signifies "to beguile thoroughly, to deceive wholly," 1Ti 2:14, RV.
See BEGUILE.

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness:

lit., "to deceive in one's mind" (phren, "the mind," and No. 1), "to deceive by fancies" (Lightfoot), is used in Gal 6:3, with reference to self-conceit, which is "self-deceit," a sin against common sense. Cp. Jam 1:26 (above).

Note: Cp. phrenapates, No. 2, under DECEIVER.

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"to lure," as by a bait (see A, No. 2), is translated "have used deceit" in Rom 3:13.

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a short form of No. 4, primarily signifies "to ensnare;" hence, "to corrupt," especially by mingling the truths of the Word of God with false doctrines or notions, and so handling it "deceitfully," 2Cr 4:2. Cp. kapeleuo, "to corrupt by way of hucksterizing," 2Cr 2:17. For the difference between the words See CORRUPT, A No. 1.

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akin to plane, A, Note (1) (Eng., "planet"), in the Passive form sometimes means "to go astray, wander," Mat 18:12; 1Pe 2:25; Hbr 11:38; frequently Active, "to deceive, by leading into error, to seduce," e.g., Mat 24:4,5,11,24; Jhn 7:12, "leadeth astray," RV (cp. 1Jo 3:7). In Rev 12:9 the present participle is used with the definite article, as a title of the Devil, "the Deceiver," lit., "the deceivingone." Often it has the sense of "deceiving onself," e.g., 1Cr 6:9; 15:33; Gal 6:7; Jam 1:16, "be not deceived," RV, "do not err," AV.
See ERR, LEAD (astray), SEDUCE, WANDER, WAY (be out of the).

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness:

See BEGUILE, No. 3.