Deleazo describes drawing people toward wrongful desire or error, whether acting on others or experienced by a person.

The attested use describes drawing people toward harmful desire or error: active forms portray persons drawing unstable or escaping people in 2 Peter 2:14 and 2 Peter 2:18, while the passive form depicts a person being drawn by his own desire in James 1:14.

1. Drawing someone toward harmful desire or error · dominant

   In 2 Peter 2:14, the present active participle occurs in the clause about unstable souls; the APB renders it, “They entice unstable souls.” In 2 Peter 2:18, the present active indicative is linked with boastful speech and fleshly desires directed toward people scarcely escaping error, while James 1:14 uses a present passive participle for each person being drawn in connection with his own desire.

   2 Peter 2:142 Peter 2:18James 1:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “entice” in all three verses, for persons acting on unstable or escaping people in 2 Peter 2:14 and 2 Peter 2:18 and for a person acted upon in James 1:14. This repeated wording confirms the clauses' overall presentation rather than supplying a finer distinction.