Strong G4108πλάνος
deceiving
- Transliteration
- planos
- Pronunciation
- plan'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
roving (as a tramp) that is (by implication) an impostor or misleader: - deceiver seducing.
roving (as a tramp) that is (by implication) an impostor or misleader: - deceiver seducing.
Detailed definition
πλάνος, -ον
[in LXX: Job.19:4 (מְשׁוּגָה), Jer.23:32 *;]
1. wandering.
2. leading astray, deceiving: πνεύματα π., 1Ti.4:1. As subst., ὁ π., a deceiver, impostor: Mat.27:63, 2Co.6:8 6:1-18 2Jn.1:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.19:4 (מְשׁוּגָה), Jer.23:32 *;]
1. wandering.
2. leading astray, deceiving: πνεύματα π., 1Ti.4:1. As subst., ὁ π., a deceiver, impostor: Mat.27:63, 2Co.6:8 6:1-18 2Jn.1:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4108 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- deceiver3
- seduce1
First verses
- Matthew 27:63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- 2 John 1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλάνος [ᾰ], ον,
1 active, leading astray, deceiving, π. κατέσειον ἐδωδάν the bait, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.43, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.702 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus))]; π. δῶρα, ἄγρα, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 1.29, “fragment” 1.10; πνεύματα NT.1Tim.4.1.)]
2 passive, wandering, roaming, fickle, ποικίλον πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ πλάνον τύχη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Kith.fragment” 8)]; π. φέγγη planets, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.3.)]
II substantive πλάνος, ὁ, ={πλάνη}, wandering, roaming, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1114, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 482, etc.: in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 873 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
II.b κερκίδος πλάνοι, of the act of weaving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1491 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 metaphorically, φροντίδος πλάνοι wanderings of thought, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 67)]; π. φρενῶν wandering of mind, madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 283; π. τε καρδίᾳ προσίσταται [prev. author] “fragment” 1038)]; πλάνοις in uncertain fits, of a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 758)]; ={πλάνη}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 79d.)]
II.3 digression, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ep.” 344d.)]
II.4 error, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 25, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 26)]; grammatical mistake, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 84.11.)]
III of persons, πλάνος, ὁ, vagabond,impostor, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 24, 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 4, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.14, NT.Matt.27.63.)]
1 active, leading astray, deceiving, π. κατέσειον ἐδωδάν the bait, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.43, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.702 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus))]; π. δῶρα, ἄγρα, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 1.29, “fragment” 1.10; πνεύματα NT.1Tim.4.1.)]
2 passive, wandering, roaming, fickle, ποικίλον πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ πλάνον τύχη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Kith.fragment” 8)]; π. φέγγη planets, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.3.)]
II substantive πλάνος, ὁ, ={πλάνη}, wandering, roaming, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1114, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 482, etc.: in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 873 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
II.b κερκίδος πλάνοι, of the act of weaving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1491 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 metaphorically, φροντίδος πλάνοι wanderings of thought, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 67)]; π. φρενῶν wandering of mind, madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 283; π. τε καρδίᾳ προσίσταται [prev. author] “fragment” 1038)]; πλάνοις in uncertain fits, of a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 758)]; ={πλάνη}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 79d.)]
II.3 digression, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ep.” 344d.)]
II.4 error, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 25, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 26)]; grammatical mistake, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 84.11.)]
III of persons, πλάνος, ὁ, vagabond,impostor, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 24, 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 4, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.14, NT.Matt.27.63.)]