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Strong's G1388 δόλος (dolos)

Dolos means “craft” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1388 — giba (“Gibeah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1388
Language Greek
Linked Usages 66
Books 30

Strong's G1388 Quick Answer

Strong's G1388 δόλος (dolos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dolos (dol'-os) n. 1. a trick (bait) 2. (figuratively) wile It has 66 linked Bible usages across 30 books. Visible English usage signals include deceit, guile, deceitfully, lord, and full. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
dolos (dol'-os) n. 1. a trick (bait) 2. (figuratively) wile
Usage
66 linked usages
Books
30 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
deceit, guile, deceitfully, lord, and full

Meaning and Definition

dolos (dol'-os) n. 1. a trick (bait) 2. (figuratively) wile [from an obsolete primary verb, dello (probably meaning to decoy)] KJV: craft, deceit, guile, subtilty Compare: G1185

Original Word
δόλος
Transliteration
dolos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1388. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

deceit

Usage: δόλος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מִרְמָה;] __1. in Hom., a bait. __2. a snare. __3. In the abstract, craft, deceit: Mat.26:4, Mrk.7:22 14:1, Jhn.1:47, Act.13:10, Rom.1:29, 2Co.12:16, 1Th.2:3, 1Pe.2:1 2:22 3:10" (LXX) (λαλῆσαι δ.).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

deceit guile deceitfully lord full craft mouth great spoke take before heart

How Strong's G1388 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1388 (δόλος) appears 55 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1388 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1388 in the New Testament

12 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 26:4 KJV

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

Mark 7:22 KJV

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Mark 14:1 KJV

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

Strong's G1388 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 27:35 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said to him, Thy brother has come with subtlety, and taken thy blessing.

Genesis 34:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And the sons of Jacob answered to Shechem and Hamor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dinah their sister.

Exodus 21:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.

Strong's G1388 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

20 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 14:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And now, my son, depart out of Nineveh, because that those things which the prophet Jonah spoke shall surely come to pass.

1 Maccabees 1:30 Septuagint / Brenton

and spoke peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.

1 Maccabees 7:10 Septuagint / Brenton

So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of Judah, where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.

Usage Excerpts

First 66 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1388.

Genesis 27:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Thy brother has come with subtlety, and taken thy blessing.
Genesis 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Jacob answered to Shechem and Hamor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dinah their sister.
Exodus 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.
Leviticus 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 27:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that smites his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.
4 Kingdoms 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah.
Job 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Do ye not speak before the Lord, And utter deceit before him?
Job 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall turn to me for salvation; For fraud shall have no entrance before him.
Job 15:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall conceive sorrows, And his end shall be vanity, And his belly shall bear deceit.
Job 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if I had gone with scorners, And if too my foot has hastened to deceit
Psalms 9:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: Under his tongue are trouble and pain.
Psalms 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; Who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, Nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.
Psalms 31:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, And in whose mouth there is no guile.
Psalms 33:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 34:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For to me they spoke peaceably, But imagined deceits in their anger.
Psalms 35:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: He is not inclined to understand how to do good.
Psalms 51:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
Psalms 54:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
Proverbs 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker.
Proverbs 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; But ungodly men devise deceits.
Proverbs 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; But they that love peace shall rejoice.
Proverbs 16:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A perverse man spreads mischief, And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
Proverbs 33:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proverbs 33:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proverbs 33:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and all raiment with restitution; and they shall be willing, even if they were burned with fire.
Isaiah 53:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give the wicked for his burial, and the rich for his death; for he practiced no iniquity, nor craft with his mouth.
Jeremiah 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
Jeremiah 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because thou hast been a perpetual enemy, and hast laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:
Daniel 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there is craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.
Daniel 11:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And because of the leagues made with him he shall work deceit: and he shall come up, and overpower them with a small nation.
Micah 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,
Zephaniah 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will openly take vengeance on the porches in that day, on the men that fill the house of the Lord their God with ungodliness and deceit.
Matthew 26:4 New Testament, KJV
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
Mark 7:22 New Testament, KJV
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Mark 14:1 New Testament, KJV
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
John 1:47 New Testament, KJV
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Acts 13:10 New Testament, KJV
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Romans 1:29 New Testament, KJV
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
2 Corinthians 12:16 New Testament, KJV
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
1 Thessalonians 2:3 New Testament, KJV
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
1 Peter 2:1 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1 Peter 2:22 New Testament, KJV
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1 Peter 3:10 New Testament, KJV
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Revelation 14:5 New Testament, KJV
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Tobit 14:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, my son, depart out of Nineveh, because that those things which the prophet Jonah spoke shall surely come to pass.
1 Maccabees 1:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and spoke peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.
1 Maccabees 7:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of Judah, where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.
1 Maccabees 7:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force: and sent unto Judas and his brethren deceitfully with friendly words, saying,
1 Maccabees 7:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Which thing after it was known to Judas, to wit, that he came unto him with deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
1 Maccabees 8:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them, or weapons, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants, and that without deceit.
1 Maccabees 11:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and went about through deceit to get Alexander’s kingdom, and join it to his own.
1 Maccabees 13:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spoke deceitfully unto him, yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
1 Maccabees 13:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Trypho dealt deceitfully with the young King Antiochus, and slew him.
1 Maccabees 16:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to himself, and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them.
1 Maccabees 16:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold, called Dok, which he had built, made them a great banquet: howbeit he had hidden men there.
2 Maccabees 4:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus apart, prayed him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom forthwith he shut up without regard to justice.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, And remove from thoughts that are without understanding, And will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, Or deceit beguile his soul.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So that there reigned in all men without exception, blood, manslaughter, theft, and dissimulation, Corruption, unfaithfulness, tumults, perjury,
Wisdom of Solomon 14:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Howbeit for both causes shall they be justly punished: Both because they thought not well of God, giving heed unto idols, And also unjustly swore in deceit, despising holiness.
Wisdom of Sirach 1:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And bring dishonor upon thy soul, And so the Lord discover thy secrets, And cast thee down in the midst of the congregation, Because thou camest not in truth to the fear of the Lord, But thy heart is full of deceit.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; But inwardly he is full of deceit,
Daniel 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the end of the days, after which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Book 152 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1388, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1388 FAQ

What does dolos (δόλος) mean?

Dolos (Strong's G1388) is a Greek word most simply glossed "craft". dolos (dol'-os) n. 1. a trick (bait) 2. (figuratively) wile

How many times is dolos (δόλος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 66 linked usages for Strong's G1388 across 30 books.

Where can I study dolos (δόλος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1388 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate dolos (δόλος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as deceit, guile, deceitfully, lord, full, and craft. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1388 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 20 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1388, with linked reader references where each row is available.