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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2940. κυβεία (kubeia) -- Trickery, deceit, craftiness</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2940.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/2_corinthians/3-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2940.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2940</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2939.htm" title="2939">◄</a> 2940. kubeia <a href="../greek/2941.htm" title="2941">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kubeia: Trickery, deceit, craftiness</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κυβεία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kubeia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>koo-BAY-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(koo-bi'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Trickery, deceit, craftiness<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>(lit: playing with dice, gaming, hence) trickery, sleight.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from κύβος (kubos), meaning "a cube" or "a die" used in gambling.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kubeia," the concept of deceit and trickery can be found in Hebrew words such as מִרְמָה (mirmah, Strong's H4820) meaning "deceit" or "fraud."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "kubeia" is used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe deceitful practices or trickery, particularly in the context of false teachings or doctrines. It conveys the idea of cunning manipulation, akin to the deceptive practices of gamblers who use dice to cheat.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greco-Roman world, gambling with dice was a common pastime, often associated with trickery and deceit. The use of "kubeia" in the New Testament reflects this cultural understanding, drawing a parallel between the deceptive nature of gambling and the cunning tactics of false teachers who lead believers astray. The imagery would have been vivid to early Christians, who were familiar with the societal implications of gambling and deceit.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2940</b> <i>kybeía</i> (from <i>kybos</i>, "a cube" or "die") – properly, dice-playing (<i>WS</i>, 859); hence, "gaming, <i>trickery</i>, <i>sleight</i>" (Souter). 2940 (<i>kybeia</i> ), associated with a "sleight of the hand," implies the use of <i>trickery</i> and cheating (used only in Eph 4:14).</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/2940.htm">2940</a> <i>/kybeía</i> is the root of the English term, "cube."]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from kubos (a cube, die)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>dice playing<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>trickery (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2940: κυβείᾳ</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κυβείᾳ</span></span> (<span class="greek2">κυβία</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; see Iota), <span class="greek2">κυβειας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">κυβεύω</span>, and this from <span class="greek2">κύβος</span> a cube, a die), <span class="accented">dice-playing</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, others); tropically, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">κυβείᾳ</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνθρώπων</span>, the deception (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">sleight</span>) of men, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a>, because dice-players sometimes cheated and defrauded their fellow-players.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>sleight, trickery<p>From kubos (a "cube", i.e. Die for playing); gambling, i.e. (figuratively) artifice or fraud -- sleight. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κυβεία κυβείᾳ κυβερνώσι κυβια κυβίᾳ kubeia kybeia kybeíāi<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ephesians/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 4:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῇ <b>κυβείᾳ</b> τῶν ἀνθρώπων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of doctrine, <span class="itali">by the trickery</span> of men,<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> by <span class="itali">the sleight</span> of men,<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">sleight</span> the of men<p><b><a href="/greek/2940.htm">Strong's Greek 2940</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2940.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kubeia_2940.htm">κυβείᾳ — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2939.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2939"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2939" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2941.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2941"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2941" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>