πλάνη planē

Greek word for “error” · Strong’s G4106 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

πλάνη, -ης, ἡ; a wandering. Metaphorical, a going astray, an error (in NT always with respect to morals or religion):, 3:17 3:1-18, Ju 11.†;

How it is translated

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

• error 6
• deception 1
• deceit 1
• delusion 1
• falsehood 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 27 (1), Romans 1 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), 1 Thessalonians 2 (1), 2 Thessalonians 2 (1), James 5 (1), 2 Peter 2 (1), 2 Peter 3 (1), 1 John 4 (1), Jude 1 (1)

Forms

• πλάνης 6
• πλάνῃ 3
• πλάνη 1

Words used with it

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

• ὁδός hodos “road” 2
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 2

Key verses

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

• 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…
• 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…
• 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,…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:3 — For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11 — And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• 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.
• 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…
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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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.