[Greek] ἐξαπατάω (exapataō): [Latin] seducere, [French] separer

[Greek] ἐξαπατάω (exapataō): [Latin] seducere, [French] separer: to deceive, to seduce; Rom.7:11, Rom.16:18, 1Cor.3:18, 2Cor. 11:3, 2Thess.2:3

 

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Greek Hellenism: This term means to deceive, to trick, to cheat, to be fallacious, to be mistaken

Plato’s Gorgias 499c: “And yet I started with the notion that I should not have to fear any intentional deception on your part. But now I find I was mistaken.”

Plato’s Cratylus 413d: “Perhaps I may deceive you into thinking that all I am going to say is my own.”

Polybius’ Histories 2.56.12: “The power of carrying an audience is the chief excellence, because the object is to create illusion.”

Sophocles’ Antigone 617: “The deception comes to one who is wholly unaware until he burns his foot on a hot fire.”

Greek mythology:

1. Apate is the Greek goddess of deceit, fraud, and trickery.
2. Fraus is the Roman goddess of deceit, fraud, and trickery.
3. Idol worshippers would ordinarily kiss the idols in their presence.
4. When an idol was unavailable or unreachable, one would kiss his hand and wave it toward the idol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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