Definition

a mind-misleader, i.e. seducer

Etymology

from G5424 (φρήν) and G539 (ἀπάτη);

Word family

• φρήν phrḗn
• ἀπάτη apátē

How the KJV renders it

• deceiver

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.