ΔΕΛΕΑΣΑΣ, δελεασας
DELEASAS, deleasas
Sounds Like: deh-leh-AH-sas
Translations: enticing, alluring, deceiving, ensnaring, having enticed, having allured, having deceived, having ensnared
From the root: ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ'. It describes an action that has been completed, often indicating the means or cause of another action. It means to entice, allure, or deceive, often with the implication of using bait or a trap to ensnare someone. It can be used to describe someone who has successfully lured or tricked another.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:1
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 27:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being enticed, being lured, being beguiled, being deceived
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — enticed, lured, tempted
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — enticing, alluring, ensnaring, deceiving, baiting
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΝΤΟΣ — of enticing, of alluring, of ensnaring, of deceiving
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they entice, they allure, they ensnare, they bait
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩ — to bait, to lure, to entice, to deceive
- ΔΕΛΕΑΖΩΝ — enticing, luring, alluring, deceiving, beguiling, one who entices
- ΔΕΛΕΑΣΘΕΝ — having been enticed, having been lured, having been deceived, having been ensnared
- ΔΕΛΕΑΣΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been enticed, having been lured, having been deceived, having been ensnared
- ΔΕΛΕΑΤΟΣ — enticing, alluring, seductive, a bait, a lure
- ἘΔΕΛΕΑΖΟΝΤΟ — they were being enticed, they were being lured, they were being deceived
- ΕΛΕΑΣ — to allure, to entice, to deceive, to beguile, to ensnare
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.