KJV dictionary & concordance
To attract, entice, persuade, or draw by an appealing promise or desire.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Hosea 2:14
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
¶ Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wildernesse, and speake comfortably vnto her.
1611 marginal noteOr, friendly. Heb. to her heart.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
For when they speake great svelling words of vanitie, they alure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonnesse, those that were cleane escaped from them who liue in errour.
1611 marginal noteOr, for a litle, or a while as some read.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To attempt to draw to; to tempt by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable.
