πλανάω planaō

Greek word for “to lead astray” · Strong’s G4105 · used 39 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

πλανάω, -ῶ; (πλάνη); to cause to wander, lead astray.

How it is translated

Glosses given for planaō in context, with how often each is used:

• will mislead 3
• do be misled 3
• deceiving 3
• err 2
• may mislead 2
• deceives 2
• being deceived 2
• deceive 2
• deceived 2
• shall have gone astray 1
• going astray? 1
• gone astray 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 24 (4), Revelation 20 (3), Matthew 18 (2), Mark 12 (2), Mark 13 (2), John 7 (2), Matthew 22 (1), Luke 21 (1), 1 Corinthians 6 (1), 1 Corinthians 15 (1)

Forms

• πλανᾶσθε 7
• πλανώμενοι 4
• πλανήσῃ 3
• πλανήσουσιν 3
• πλανᾷ 3
• πλανηθῇ 2
• πλανῆσαι 2
• ἐπλανήθησαν 2
• πλανῶν 2
• πλανώμενον 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with planaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophētēs “false prophet” 4
• πολύς polus “much” 6
• γῆ gē “earth” 5
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 4
• ἐάν ean “if” 5
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 3
• ἐνενήκοντα enenēkonta “ninety” 2
• ἐννέα ennea “nine” 2
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 3
• θεῖον theion “sulfur” 2
• λίμνη limnē “lake” 2
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 3

Key verses

The verses using planaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the…
• 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor…
• 1 Corinthians 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• Galatians 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one…
• 2 Peter 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• 1 John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• Revelation 2:20 — Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my…
• Revelation 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his…
• Revelation 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the…
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.