DECEPTION

DECEPTION. → INSTANCES OF
* By Satan Ge 3:4
* Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister Ge 12:13; 20:2
* Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister Ge 26:7
* Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau Ge 27:6-23
* Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites Ge 34:13-31
* In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts Ge 37:29-35
* Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers Ge 42; 43; 44
* The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat Jos 9:3-15
* Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him Jud 3:15-30
* Delilah deceives Samson Jud 16:4-20
* David feigns madness 1Sa 21:10-15
* Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness 2Sa 13:6-14
* Hushai deceives Absalom 2Sa 16:15-19
* Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah Ne 6
* By Absalom

When he avenged his sister 2Sa 13:24-28 When he began his conspiracy 2Sa 15:7
* The old prophet 1Ki 13:18
* Gehazi 2Ki 5:20
* Job's friends Job 6:15
* Doeg Ps 52:2
* Herod Mt 2:8
* Pharisees Mt 22:16
* Chief priests Mr 14:1
* Lawyer Lu 10:25
* Ananias and Sapphira Ac 5:1
* See DECEIT
* See HYPOCRISY
* See FALSEHOOD
* See FALSE WITNESS

→ SELF
* See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
* See FLATTERY

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deception. Deception, n. a deceiving, deceit, cheat

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De‐cep″tion (?), n. [[F. déception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See Deceive.]] 1. 1. The act of deceiving or misleading. South.
2. 2. The state of being deceived or misled.
There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception. South. 3. 3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
There was of course room for vast deception. Motley. Syn. — Deception, Deceit, Fraud, Imposition. Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and that of the worst kind; but a deception does not always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage.