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beguiling

Meaning of “beguiling”

Deceiving, deluding, or leading astray by craft.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Peter 2:14

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The KJV occurrence

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2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:14 · retained source text

Hauing eyes ful of adulterie and that cannot cease from sinne, beguiling vnstable soules: an heart they haue exercised with couetous practises: cursed children:

1611 marginal noteGr. an adulteresse.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Deluding; deceiving by craft; leading astray by artifice.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 258