Apate means “delusion” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H539 — aman (“believe”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G539 ἀπάτη (apate) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apate (ap-at'-ay) n. 1. deception, delusion [from G538] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include deceit and deceivableness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
apate (ap-at'-ay) n. 1. deception, delusion [from G538] KJV: deceit(-ful, -fulness), deceivableness(-ving) Root(s): G538
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G539. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
deceit
Usage: ἀπάτη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Ecc.9:6 א (no Heb. equiv.), Jdth.9:3, 10 9:13 16:8, 4Ma.18:8 * ;] deceit, deceitfulness: Col.2:8; τοῦ πλούτου, Mat.13:22, Mrk.4:19 (MM, VGT, see word); τῆς ἀδικίας, 2Th.2:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Heb.3:13; αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς ἀ., Eph.4:22. pl., ἀπά ται (see M, Th., i.e.; NTD, 75; MM, l.with): 2Pe.2:13 (WH, mg., R., txt., ἐν ἀγάπαις).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apate, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.
Strong's G539 (ἀπάτη) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
7 indexed usages in New Testament.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed their bed in blood, being deceived, and smotest the servants with their lords, and the lords upon their thrones;
Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.
and make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy hallowed house, and against the top of Zion, and against the house of the possession of thy children.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G539.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed their bed in blood, being deceived, and smotest the servants with their lords, and the lords upon their thrones;
Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.
and make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy hallowed house, and against the top of Zion, and against the house of the possession of thy children.
For she put off the garment of her widowhood For the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, And anointed her face with ointment, And bound her hair in a tire, And took a linen garment to deceive him.
No destroyer of the desert, or ravisher of the plain, injured me; nor did the destructive, deceitful, snake, make spoil of my chaste virginity; and I remained with my husband during the period of my prime.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G539, grouped by book.
Apate (Strong's G539) is a Greek word most simply glossed "delusion". apate (ap-at'-ay) n. 1. deception, delusion [from G538]
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's G539 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G539 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as deceit and deceivableness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G539, with linked reader references where each row is available.