G3180
μεθοδεία
scheme
μεθ-οδία (Rec. -εία; cf. 131., § 3, 5), -ας, ἡ († μεθοδεύω, 1. to treat by rule. 2. to employ craft: 4Ki.19:27 *) craft, deceit: Eph.4:14 6:11 (not found elsewhere; see AR, in l).† (AS)
The KJV translates G3180 in the following manner:
wait (2x), wiles (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
μεθοδεία — methodeía
μεθοδεία (T WH μεθοδια, see Iota), μεθοδείας, ἡ (from μεθοδεύω, i. e.
1. to follow up or investigate by method and settled plan;
2. to follow craftily, frame devices, deceive: Diodorus 7, 16; 2Sa 19:27; (Exo 21:13 Aq.; (middle) Chariton 7, 6, p. 166, 21 edition Reiske (1783); Polybius 38, 4, 10)), a noun occuring neither in the O. T. nor in secular authors, cunning arts, deceit, craft, trickery: ἡ μεθοδεία τῆς πλάνης, which ἡ πλάνη uses, Eph 4:14; τοῦ διαβόλου, plural, Eph 6:11 (A. V. wiles. Cf. Lightfoot, Polycarp, ad Phil. 7 [ET], p. 918.)
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