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deceiver

Meaning of “deceiver”

One who misleads, cheats, or causes another to believe what is false.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 27:12

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “deceiver”

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Genesis 27:12
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:12 · retained source text

My father peraduenture will feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.

Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 12:16 · retained source text

With him is strength & wisedome: the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his.

Malachi 1:14
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Malachi 1:14 · retained source text

But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, and voweth and sacrificeth vnto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hostes, and my name is dreadfull among the heathen.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in whose flocke is.

Matthew 27:63
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:63 · retained source text

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiuer said, while he was yet aliue, After three daies I wil rise againe.

2 John 1:7
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 John 1:7 · retained source text

For many deceiuers are entred into the world, who confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiuer, and an Antichrist.

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Historical definitions

One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. I shall seem to my father as a deceiver Genesis 27:12.

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