CategoryArchaic Word / Moral Term
Modern Equivalentdeceit; cunning; craftiness; treachery; duplicity.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionCrafty or treacherous deceit; sly cunning used to mislead or manipulate. In contrast, Nathanael is praised by Christ as "an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile," and believers are called to lay aside all guile in their speech and conduct.
Key Verses"Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" (John 1:47); "Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings." (1 Peter 2:1)