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Strong G4106πλάνη

error

Transliteration
planē
Pronunciation
plan'-ay
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of G4108 (as abstraction); objectively fraudulence; subjectively a straying from orthodoxy or piety: - deceit to deceive delusion error.

Detailed definition

πλάνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Pro.14:8 (מִרְמָה), Wis.1:12, al;]
a wandering. Metaphorical, a going astray, an error (in NT always with respect to morals or religion): Mat.27:64, Rom.1:27, Eph.4:14, 1Th.2:3, 2Th.2:11, Jas.5:20, 2Pe.2:18 3:17 3:1-18; 1Jn.4:6, Ju 11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4106 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • error7
  • deceit1
  • deceive1
  • delusion1
  • of1

First verses

  1. Matthew 27:64
    Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
  2. Romans 1:27
    And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
  3. Ephesians 4:14
    That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
  4. 1 Thessalonians 2:3
    For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:11
    And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  6. James 5:20
    Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
  7. 2 Peter 2:18
    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
  8. 2 Peter 3:17
    Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
  9. 1 John 4:6
    We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
  10. Jude 1:11
    Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλᾰν-η, ἡ,
wandering, roaming, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 2.103, 116: frequently in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.”, in _sing._, 622, 784, +others: in _plural_, τηλέπλανοι, πολύπλανοι πλάναι, 576 (Lyric poetry), 585 (Lyric poetry),compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 873 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 discursive treatment, ἡ διὰ παντὸς διέξοδος καὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 136e; ἡ π. τοῦ λόγου [prev. author] “Lg.” 683a.)]
II metaphorically, going astray, βίοτος ἀνθρώπων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.8; π. καὶ ἄνοια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81a; πλάνης ἔμπλεῳ [prev. author] “R.” 505c)]; ἡ περὶ τὰ χρώματα π. τῆς ὄψεως the illusion, [Refs ([prev. work] 602c)]; πολλὴν ἔχει.. πλάνην irregularity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1094b16)]; πολλὰς ἀπορίας ἔχει καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] “de An.” 402a21)]; ἡ κατὰ τὰς αἰσθήσεις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28 “fragment” 7; π. καὶ παραλογισμός 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.30S., compare 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 33.)]
II.2 deceit, imposture, [LXX+NT (LXX.Pro.14.8, NT.Matt.27.64.)]