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dē̇-seÌ„v´a-b'l-nes, dē̇-seÌ„v´ (× ×©××, naÌ„shaÌ„), “to lead astrayâ€): “The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee†(), i.e. “Thy stern mountain fastnesses have persuaded thee that thou art impregnable.†In , “O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived,†פתה, paÌ„thaÌ„h, signifies “to be enticed,†“persuaded,†as in the American Standard Revised Version and the Revised Version, margin.
In the Old Testament most often, and in the New Testament regularly, the various words rendered in the King James Version “deceive†denote some deliberate misleading in the moral or spiritual realm. False prophets (), false teachers () and Satan himself () are deceivers in this sense. In the gospels, the King James Version “deceive†(πλαναÌω, planaÌoÌ„, 9 times , parallel , parallel ; , ; , ) becomes in the Revised Version (British and American) “lead astrayâ€; the same change is made in ; ; but elsewhere (13 t) both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render planaoÌ„ by “deceive.â€
“Deceivableness†(ἀπαÌτη, apaÌteÌ„), only in , signifies power to deceive, not liability to deception; the Revised Version (British and American) “deceit.â€