δελεάζω; (present passive δελεάζομαι); (δέλεαρ a bait);
1. properly, to bait, catch by a bait: Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 4, et al.
2. as often in secular authors, metaphorically, to beguile by blandishments, allure, entice, deceive: τινα, 2 Peter 2:14, 18; James 1:14, on this passage cf. Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 22.
James 1:14 - V-PPM/P-NMS GRK:ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος NAS: when he is carried away and enticed by his own KJV: lust, and enticed. INT: being drawn away and being allured
2 Peter 2:14 - V-PPA-NMP GRK:ἀκαταπαύστους ἁμαρτίας δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους NAS: from sin, enticing unstable KJV: sin; beguiling unstable INT: that cease not from sin alluring souls unestablished
2 Peter 2:18 - V-PIA-3P GRK:ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι δελεάζουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις NAS: [words] of vanity they entice by fleshly KJV: [words] of vanity, they allure through INT: of vanity speaking they allure with [the] desires
