κυβεία

κυβεία — kybeía

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, Eph 4:14, because dice-players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow-players.