Beguile
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Colossians 2:4
- Last Reference: Colossians 2:18
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G3884 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Beguile
BEGUI'LE, verb transitive begi'le. [be and guile.] To delude; to deceive; to impose on by artifice or craft.
The serpent beguiled me and I did eat Genesis 3:13.
1. To elude by craft.
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage.
2. To elude any thing disagreeable by amusement, or other means; to pass pleasingly; to amuse; as, to beguile the tedious day with sleep.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Beguiled
BEGUI'LED, participle passive Deluded; imposed on; misled by craft; eluded by stratagem; passed pleasingly.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Beguiler
BEGUI'LER, noun He or that which beguiles or deceives.