πλάνηplánē
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
Greek (New Testament) · G4106
Meanings
a wandering. Metaph., a going astray, an error (in NT always with respect to morals or religion): Matthew 27:64, Romans 1:27, Ephesians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, James 5:20, 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 3:17, 1 John 4:6, Jude 1:11.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 27:64 So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead! If that happens, we’ll be worse off than we were at first.”
- Romans 1:27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
- Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3 So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11 So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.
- James 5:20 you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.