Bait
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1388. dolos -- a bait, fig. craft, deceit
... dolos. 1389 . a bait, fig. ... 1388 -- properly, bait; (figuratively) deceit (trickery)
using to ("hook") people, especially those in , (brought on by themselves). ...
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4625. skandalon -- a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare ...
... a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense.
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skandalon Phonetic Spelling: (skan ...
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1185. deleazo -- to lure
... to lure. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: deleazo Phonetic Spelling:
(del-eh-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I allure, entice by a bait Definition: I allure ...
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1386. dolios -- deceitful
... treacherous, deceitful, fraudulent. Cognate: 1386 -- deceitful -- advertising
the bait and concealing the hook! See 1388 (). Word Origin ...
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1389. doloo -- to ensnare, fig. to adulterate
... Cognate: 1389 (from 1388 , "bait") -- properly, to lure (or snare) -- holding out
the worm and concealing the hook!; ; "primarily, ; then to corrupt -- used of ...
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1387. dolioo -- to deceive
... Cognate: 1387 (from 1388 , "bait") -- properly, to lure, using to pull someone in;
to deceive, preying on people who are blinded by their own bitterness, greed ...
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97. adolos -- guileless, genuine
... 97 (an adjective, derived from 1 "without" and 1388 , "bait, deceit") -- properly,
not-caught (in a trap), referring to being (, ); (hidden, "mixed motives"). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4170. moqesh -- a bait or lure, a snare
... 4169, 4170. moqesh or moqesh. 4171 . a bait or lure, a snare. Transliteration:
moqesh or moqesh Phonetic Spelling: (mo-kashe') Short Definition: snare. ...
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3369. yaqosh -- to lay a bait or lure
... 3368, 3369. yaqosh. 3370 . to lay a bait or lure. Transliteration: yaqosh Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-koshe') Short Definition: snared. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6983. qush -- to lay bait or lure
... to lay bait or lure. Transliteration: qush Phonetic Spelling: (koshe) Short Definition:
ensnare. ... root Definition to lay bait or lure NASB Word Usage ensnare (1). ...
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Library

But Perhaps Some one is Alarmed at Hearing us Discourse of the ...
... the Apostle Paul says, "found in fashion as a man"), might lure on the Prince of
this world to a conflict, to whom offering His flesh as a bait, His divinity ...
/.../16 but perhaps some one.htm

The Snare of the Fowler
... adaptation. You do not find a fowler setting the same snare for one bird as
for another; he knows his bird and he adapts his bait to it. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the snare of the fowler.htm

Turning-Points
... poor soul sees neither heaven nor hell, nor anything but his own selfish interest,
selfish pleasure, or selfish pride, and snaps at the devil's bait as easily ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon viii turning-points.htm

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin
... The ungodly man first of all finds sin to be a bait, and, charmed by its apparent
pleasantness he indulges in it, and then he becomes entangled in its meshes ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 16 1870/sinners bound with the cords.htm

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin
... The ungodly man first of all finds sin to be a bait, and charmed by its apparent
pleasantness he indulges in it and then he becomes entangled in its meshes so ...
/.../spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/sinners bound with the cords.htm

Ambition in Service.
... Out in the deeps are fish that have never had smell or sight of bait or net. ... And
the fish get very particular about the sort and shape of the bait. ...
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The Temptation
... In truth, no man is allured by sin, but only by the bait and bribe of sin,
except perhaps in the last stages of spiritual decomposition. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 12 13 the temptation.htm

How Eurycles Calumniated the Sons of Mariamne; and How Euaratus of ...
... He presented Herod with splendid gifts, as a bait which he laid in order to compass
his ends, and quickly received them back again manifold; yet did he esteem ...
/.../chapter 26 how eurycles calumniated.htm

But Possibly one who Has Given his Attention to the Course of the ...
... Deity was hidden under the veil of our nature, that so, as with ravenous fish [2001] ,
the hook of the Deity might be gulped down along with the bait of flesh ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter xxiv but possibly one.htm

The victory of the King
... Most men are most tempted by fleshly desires. Satan had tried the same bait before
on the first Adam. ... The bait is skilfully wound over the barbed hook. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the victory of the king.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, enclosure, or net.

2. (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.

3. (n.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

4. (n.) A light or hasty luncheon.

5. (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.

6. (v. t.) To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.

7. (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.

8. (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.

9. (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

Thesaurus
Bait (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A light or hasty luncheon. 5. (vt) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass
or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull. ...
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Bite (13 Occurrences)
... 9. (vi) To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting
offer. 10. (vi) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites. 11. ...
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Allure (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of
some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable ...
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Angle (19 Occurrences)
... astrological houses. 6. (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting
of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. 7. (vi ...
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Bail (1 Occurrence)

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Offend (24 Occurrences)
... Skandalon is primarily "a trap-stick," "a bentstick on which the bait is fastened
which the animal strikes against and so springs the trap," hence, it came to ...
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Gentle (48 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil. 8. (n.) A dipterous larva used as fish
bait. 9. (vt) To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble. 10. ...
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Guile (21 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:14); once of remiyah, "deception," "fraud" (Psalm 32:2, "in whose spirit
there is no guile"); in the New Testament of dolos, "bait," hence, generally ...
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Influence (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:18 For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use
earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are ...
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Float (4 Occurrences)
... or boiler. 4. (n.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait
line, and indicate the bite of a fish. 5. (vi) Anything ...
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Bible Concordance
Bait (3 Occurrences)

James 1:14 But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and serve as a bait.
(WEY)

2 Peter 2:18 For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.
(WEY)

Amos 3:5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
(See NAS)

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Bait

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Allure (1 Occurrence)

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Bail (1 Occurrence)

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Gentle (48 Occurrences)

Guile (21 Occurrences)

Influence (13 Occurrences)

Float (4 Occurrences)

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Rise (417 Occurrences)

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Beguile (10 Occurrences)

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Stumblingstone (2 Occurrences)

Stumbling-stone (3 Occurrences)

Stumbling-block (20 Occurrences)

Stumblingblock (14 Occurrences)

Immorality (38 Occurrences)

Offence (27 Occurrences)

Demetrius (3 Occurrences)

Passions (26 Occurrences)

Carried (327 Occurrences)

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Talk (164 Occurrences)

Rome (12 Occurrences)

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Loud (222 Occurrences)

Carry (246 Occurrences)

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