Definition

to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• beguile
• deceive
• greatly
• utterly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.