Bible Dictionary: Delude

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

2. (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint.

Greek

3884. paralogizomai -- to miscalculate, to reason falsely
... Word Origin from para and logizomai Definition to miscalculate, to reason
falsely NASB Word Usage delude (2). beguile, deceive. ...
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538. apatao -- to deceive
... deceive. Of uncertain derivation; to cheat, ie Delude -- deceive. (apatato) -- 1
Occurrence. (apaton) -- 1 Occurrence. (epatethe) -- 1 Occurrence. 537b, 538. ...
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1185. deleazo -- to lure
... allure, beguile, entice. From the base of dolos; to entrap, ie (figuratively) delude --
allure, beguile, entice. see GREEK dolos. (deleazomenos) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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5422. phrenapatao -- to deceive the mind
... deceive. From phrenapates; to be a mind-misleader, ie Delude -- deceive. see GREEK
phrenapates. (phrenapata) -- 1 Occurrence. 5421, 5422. phrenapatao. 5423 > ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6601. pathah -- to be spacious, wide or open
... causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be
(causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude -- allure, deceive ...
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7411. ramah -- to cast, shoot
... A primitive root; to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray
(as if causing to fall) -- beguile, betray, (bow-)man, carry, deceive ...
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5377. nasha -- to lend on interest, be a creditor
... beguile, deceive, greatly, utterly. A primitive root; to lead astray, ie (mentally)
to delude, or (morally) to seduce -- beguile, deceive, X greatly, X utterly. ...
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Library

Concerning John of Gichala. Josephus Uses Stratagems against the ...
... He was a ready liar, and yet very sharp in gaining credit to his fictions: he thought
it a point of virtue to delude people, and would delude even such as were ...
/.../chapter 21 concerning john of.htm

Colossians i. 26-28
... hid," that He alone knoweth. Ver.4. "This I say, that no one may delude you
with persuasiveness of speech.". Seest thou that he saith ...
/.../homily v colossians i 26-28.htm

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Lichfield.
... bowl: A thousand phantoms, and a thousand spells,. A thousand opiates scatters,
to delude,. To fascinate, inebriate, lay asleep,. And ...
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Conversational Phrases
... Do not misunderstand me. Do not the circumstances justify it? Don't be so dismal,
please. Don't delude yourself. Don't let me encroach on your good nature. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section ix conversational phrases.htm

The Fourth Book
... without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." [186] He adds
also certain harder sayings for the confusion of those who delude themselves by ...
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Hymn Before Sleep
... revealed; But he whose heart is blackened, With many a sin imbued, Sees
phantoms grim and ghastly That beckon and delude. So in ...
/.../prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/vi hymn before sleep.htm

A Doer that Worketh Shall be Blessed in Doing
... Hence the warning of James, not to delude ourselves with being hearers and not doers.
Hence his pronouncing the doer who worketh blessed in his doing. ...
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Conclusion
... do? But here the devil is busy to delude us with false appearances, and
lead us away from the work of God to our own works. For ...
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The Church of Christ
... no food; they trouble them with fanciful superstitions and silly views, and instead
of telling them that the Messiah is already come, they delude them with the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the church of christ.htm

The Admonition.
... Because so many will be deceived by the strange performances of the spirits of demons,
and their miracles so delude the multitude, Christ's coming will be to ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the admonition.htm

Thesaurus

Delude (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Delude (2 Occurrences). Colossians 2:4 Now this I say
that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech. (WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Delos

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Guile (21 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
2. (n.) To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. Int. ...
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Delusive (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;
deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. ...
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Deceive (48 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To mislead; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true;
to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to ensnare. ...
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Deluded (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Delude. Multi-Version Concordance
Deluded (5 Occurrences). John 7:47 "Are *you* deluded ...
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Persuasiveness (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Persuasiveness (3 Occurrences). Colossians 2:4 Now this
I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech. (WEB ASV). ...
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Persuasive (4 Occurrences)
... WEY). Colossians 2:4 Now this I say that no one may delude you with
persuasiveness of speech. (Root in WEB ASV DBY NAS). Proverbs ...
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Beguile (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft;
to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. ...
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Amuse (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (v.) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. 4. (vi) To muse;
to mediate. Multi-Version Concordance Amuse (1 Occurrence). ...
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Bible Concordance

Delude (2 Occurrences)

Colossians 2:4 Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

James 1:22 But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Delude

Related Terms

Delos

Guile (21 Occurrences)

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