Definition

to ensnare, i.e. (figuratively) adulterate

Etymology

from G1388 (δόλος);

Word family

• δόλος dólos

How the KJV renders it

• handle deceitfully

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.