Strong's Lexicon
G3180 — μεθοδεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3180 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μεθοδεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G3326 and G3593 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | methodeia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meth-od-ei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. travelling over, i.e. travesty (trickery) |
| KJV Renderings: | wile, lie in wait |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεθοδεία (T WH μεθοδια, see Iota), μεθοδείας, ἡ (from μεθοδεύω, i. e.
1. to follow up or investigate by method and settled plan;
2. to follow craftily, frame devices, deceive: Diodorus 7, 16; 2Sa 19:27; (Exo 21:13 Aq.; (middle) Chariton 7, 6, p. 166, 21 edition Reiske (1783); Polybius 38, 4, 10)), a noun occuring neither in the O. T. nor in secular authors, cunning arts, deceit, craft, trickery: ἡ μεθοδεία τῆς πλάνης, which ἡ πλάνη uses, Eph 4:14; τοῦ διαβόλου, plural, Eph 6:11 (A. V. wiles. Cf. Lightfoot, Polycarp, ad Phil. 7 [ET], p. 918.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεθοδεία (wile)
Ephesians 4:14
- KJV: That we be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive
- GK: ίνα μηκέτι ώμεν νήπιοι κλυδωνιζόμενοι και περιφερόμενοι παντί ανέμω της διδασκαλίας εν τη κυβεία των ανθρώπων εν πανουργία προς την μεθοδείαν της πλάνης
Ephesians 6:11
- KJV: Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil
- GK: ενδύσασθε την πανοπλίαν του θεού προς το δύνασθαι υμάς στήναι προς τας μεθοδείας του διαβόλου