Definition

to seduce wholly

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G538 (ἀπατάω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• ἀπατάω apatáō

How the KJV renders it

• beguile
• deceive

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.