Strong's Lexicon
G4105 — πλανάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4105 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλανάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4106 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 39 |
| Transliteration: | planao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | plan-ah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to cause to stray from the straight path (i.e. to roam, wander) 2. (figuratively) to lead astray from safety, truth, or moral uprightness 3. (by implication) to deceive, mislead |
| KJV Renderings: | go astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander, be out of the way |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλανάω, πλανῶ; future πλανήσω; 1 aorist ἐπλάνησα; passive, present πλανωμαι; perfect πεπλάνημαι; 1 aorist ἐπλανήθην; (πλάνη); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for äÄúÀòÈä; to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the rigid way;
a. properly; in passive, the Sept. chiefly for úÈÌòÈä, to go astray, wander, roam about (first so in Homer, Iliad 23, 321): Mat 18:12; 1Pe 2:25 (from Isa 53:6, cf. Exo 23:4; Psalm 118:176 (); Heb 11:38.
b. metaphorically, to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive: τινα, Mat 24:4-5; Mat 24:11; Mat 24:24; Mar 13:5-6; Joh 7:12; 1Jn 2:26; 1Jn 3:7; 2Ti 3:13 a; Rev 2:20 G L T Tr WH; ; ἑαυτόν, 1Jn 1:8; passive, to be led into error (R. V. be led astray): Luk 21:8; Joh 7:47; Rev 2:20 Rec.; to err, Mat 22:29; Mar 12:24; Mar 12:27; μή πλανᾶσθε, 1Co 11:9; 1Co 15:33; Gal 6:7; Jas 1:16; especially through ignorance to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin: Tit 3:3; Heb 5:2; τῇ καρδία, Heb 3:10; ἀπό τῆς ἀληθείας, Jas 5:19; to wander or fall away from the true faith, of heretics, 2Ti 3:13 b; 2Pe 2:15; to be led away into error and sin, Rev 18:23. (Compare: ἀποπλανάω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλανάω (go astray)
Matthew 18:12
- KJV: How think ye if a man have an hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray
- GK: τι υμίν δοκεί εάν γένηταί τινι ανθρώπω εκατόν πρόβατα και πλανηθή εν εξ αυτών ουχί αφείς τα ενενήκοντα εννέα επί τα όρη πορευθείς ζητεί το πλανώμενον
Matthew 18:13
- KJV: And if so be that he find it verily I say unto you he rejoiceth more of that than of the ninety and nine which went not astray
- GK: και εάν γένηται ευρείν αυτό αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι χαίρει επ΄ αυτώ μάλλον η επί τοις ενενήκοντα εννέα τοις μη πεπλανημένοις
Matthew 22:29
- KJV: Jesus answered and said unto them Ye do err not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς πλανάσθε μη ειδότες τας γραφάς μηδέ την δύναμιν του θεού
Matthew 24:4
- KJV: And Jesus answered and said unto them Take heed that no man deceive you
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Ιησους είπεν αυτοίς βλέπετε μη τις υμάς πλανήση
Matthew 24:5
- KJV: For many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many
- GK: πολλοί γαρ ελεύσονται επί τω ονόματί μου λέγοντες εγώ ειμι ο Χριστός και πολλούς πλανήσουσιν
Matthew 24:11
- KJV: And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many
- GK: και πολλοί ψευδοπροφήται εγερθήσονται και πλανήσουσι πολλούς
Matthew 24:24
- KJV: For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders insomuch that if possible they shall deceive the very elect
- GK: εγερθήσονται γαρ ψευδόχριστοι και ψευδοπροφήται και δώσουσιν σημεία μεγάλα και τέρατα ώστε πλανήσαι ει δυνατόν και τους εκλεκτούς
Mark 12:24
- KJV: And Jesus answering said unto them Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures neither the power of God
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς ου διά τούτο πλανάσθε μη ειδότες τας γραφάς μηδέ την δύναμιν του θεού
Mark 12:27
- KJV: He is not the God of the dead but the God of the living ye therefore do greatly err
- GK: ουκ έστιν ο θεός νεκρών αλλά θεός ζώντων υμείς ούν πολύ πλανάσθε
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