Lexicon :: Strong's G2940 - kybeia

κυβεία
Transliteration
kybeia (Key)
Pronunciation
koo-bi'-ah
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From kubos (a "cube", i.e. die for playing)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
κυβείᾳ — 1x
κυβείᾳ — 1x
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Strong’s Definitions

κυβεία kybeía, koo-bi'-ah; from κύβος kýbos (a "cube", i.e. die for playing); gambling, i.e. (figuratively) artifice or fraud:—sleight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2940 in the following manner: sleight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2940 in the following manner: sleight (1x).

  1. dice playing

  2. metaph. the deception of men, because dice players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow players

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κυβεία kybeía, koo-bi'-ah; from κύβος kýbos (a "cube", i.e. die for playing); gambling, i.e. (figuratively) artifice or fraud:—sleight.
STRONGS G2940:
κυβείᾳ (κυβία T WH; see Iota), κυβειας, ἡ (from κυβεύω, and this from κύβος a cube, a die), dice-playing (Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others); tropically, ἡ κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, the deception (A. V. sleight) of men, Ephesians 4:14, because dice-players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow-players.
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