- Original: ἀπατάω - Transliteration: Apatao - Phonetic: ap-at-ah'-o - Definition: 1. to cheat, beguile, deceive - Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: 07:24,7 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; to cheat that is delude: - deceive. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • deceive, 1 Eph 5:6 • deceived, 2 1 Timothy 2:14(2) • deceiveth, 1 Jam 1:26