ἘΞΗΠΑΤΗΣΑΝ, ἐξηπατησαν
EXĒPATĒSAN, exēpatēsan
Sounds Like: ex-ah-pa-TAY-san
Translations: they deceived, they tricked, they misled
From the root: ἘΞΑΠΑΤΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the aorist active indicative, third person plural form. It means to thoroughly deceive, trick, or mislead someone. It implies a complete and successful act of deception. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'They deceived the people' or 'They tricked him into believing a lie.'
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1818 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 7:111
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 56:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΞΑΠΑΤΆΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΑΠΑΤΗΣΑΣ — deceiving, having deceived, misleading, having misled, beguiling, having beguiled
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