Word Summary
planaō: to cause to wander, to wander
Original Word: πλανάωTransliteration: planaō
Phonetic Spelling: (plan-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cause to wander, to wander
Meaning: to cause to wander, to wander
Strong's Concordance
deceive, err, seduce, wander
From plane; to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue) -- go astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander, be out of the way.
see GREEK plane
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4105: πλανάωπλανάω,
πλανῶ; future
πλανήσω; 1 aorist
ἐπλάνησα; passive, present
πλανωμαι; perfect
πεπλάνημαι; 1 aorist
ἐπλανήθην; (
πλάνη); from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down; the
Sept. for
הִתְעָה;
to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the rigid way;
a. properly; in passive, the Sept. chiefly for תָּעָה, to go astray, wander, roam about (first so in Homer, Iliad 23, 321): Matthew 18:12; 1 Peter 2:25 (from Isaiah 53:6, cf. Exodus 23:4; Psalm 118:176 (); Hebrews 11:38. b. metaphorically, to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive: τινα, Matthew 24:4, 5, 11, 24; Mark 13:5, 6; John 7:12; 1 John 2:26; 1 John 3:7; 2 Timothy 3:13a; Revelation 2:20 G L T Tr WH; ; ἑαυτόν, 1 John 1:8; passive, to be led into error (R. V. be led astray): Luke 21:8; John 7:47; Revelation 2:20 Rec.; to err, Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24, 27; μή πλανᾶσθε, 1 Corinthians 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Galatians 6:7; James 1:16; especially through ignorance to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin: Titus 3:3; Hebrews 5:2; τῇ καρδία, Hebrews 3:10; ἀπό τῆς ἀληθείας, James 5:19; to wander or fall away from the true faith, of heretics, 2 Timothy 3:13b; 2 Peter 2:15; to be led away into error and sin, Revelation 18:23. (Compare: ἀποπλανάω.)