ἘΞΑΠΑΤΑΝ, ἐξαπαταν
EXAPATAN, exapatan
Sounds Like: eks-ah-pah-TAN
Translations: to deceive, to mislead, to trick, to beguile
From the root: ἘΞΑΠΑΤΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to lead someone astray, to cheat, or to cause them to believe something false. It implies a deliberate act of deception, often with negative consequences for the one being deceived. It can be used in various contexts, from simple trickery to profound spiritual or moral misleading.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1818 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 20:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΞΑΠΑΤΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΑΠΑΤΑΣΘΕ — you are deceived, you are being deceived, you are led astray
- ἘΞΑΠΑΤΗΘΕΙΣΑ — having been deceived, having been misled, having been tricked
- ἘΞΑΠΑΤΩΣΙΝ — they deceive, they mislead, they trick, they beguile
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