ΔΟΛΟΙΣ, δολοις
DOLOIS, dolois
Sounds Like: DOH-loyse
Translations: to deceit, by deceit, with deceit, to guile, by guile, with guile, to craft, by craft, with craft
From the root: ΔΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to deceit, guile, or craftiness, often implying a treacherous or cunning intention. It describes actions or methods used to mislead or trick someone. In its dative plural form, as seen here, it indicates the means or instrument by which something is done, such as 'by means of deceit' or 'with deceitful practices'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1388 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΟΛΕΡΟΣ — deceitful, treacherous, crafty, a deceitful, a treacherous, a crafty
- ΔΟΛΙΑ — deceitful, crafty, treacherous, cunning
- ΔΟΛΙΑΣ — deceitful, treacherous, cunning, crafty
- ΔΟΛΟ — deceit, guile, fraud, treachery, craft, a snare, a trap, a trick, a stratagem, a deception, a cunning, a deceitfulness, (of) deceit, (of) guile, (of) fraud, (of) treachery, (of) craft, (of) a snare, (of) a trap, (of) a trick, (of) a stratagem, (of) a deception, (of) a cunning, (of) a deceitfulness
- ΔΟΛΟΝ — deceit, guile, craft, treachery, a snare, a trap
- ΔΟΛΟΣ — guile, deceit, craft, treachery, a guile, a deceit
- ΔΟΛΟΥ — of deceit, of guile, of treachery, of fraud, of trickery
- ΔΟΛΟΥΣ — deceits, guiles, tricks, frauds, snares, traps, a deceit, a guile, a trick, a fraud, a snare, a trap
- ΔΟΛΩ — (to) deceit, (by) deceit, (with) deceit, (to) guile, (by) guile, (with) guile, (to) treachery, (by) treachery, (with) treachery, a deceit, a guile, a treachery
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