Definition
πλανάω, -ῶ
(πλάνη), [in LXX chiefly for תָּעָה ;]
to cause to wander, lead astray. Pass., to go astray, wander: Matthew 18:12-13, Hebrews 11:38, 1 Peter 2:25 (cf. Isaiah 53:6). Metaphorical, to lead astray, deceive: with accusative of person(s), Matthew 24:4-5, 11; 24:24, Mark 13:5-6, John 7:12, 2 Timothy 3:13; 1 John 1:8, John 2:26, John 3:7, Revelation 2:20; 12:9; 13:14; 19:20; 20:3, 8; 20:10; pass., to be led astray, to err: Matthew 22:29, Mark 12:24, 27, Luke 21:8, John 7:47, 2 Timothy 3:13, Titus 3:3, Hebrews 5:2, 2 Peter 2:15, Revelation 18:23; τ. καρδίᾳ, Hebrews 3:10; ἀπὸ τ. ἀληθείας, James 5:19;μὴ πλανᾶσθε, 1 Corinthians 6:9; 15:33, Galatians 6:7. James 1:16 (cf. ἀπο-πλανάω).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πλανάω:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
39 total
- Matthew 18:12πλανηθῇ · goes astray; πλανώμενον · that is lostWhat do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
- Matthew 18:13πεπλανημένοις · that did not go astrayAnd if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
- Matthew 22:29Πλανᾶσθε · You are mistaken [because]Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- Matthew 24:4πλανήσῃ · deceivesJesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- Matthew 24:5πλανήσουσιν · will deceive manyFor many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
- Matthew 24:11πλανήσουσιν · deceive…and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
- Matthew 24:24πλανῆσαι · deceiveFor false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- Mark 12:24πλανᾶσθε · Aren’t you mistakenJesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
- Mark 12:27πλανᾶσθε · You are badly mistakenHe is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
- Mark 13:5πλανήσῃ · deceivesJesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- Mark 13:6πλανήσουσιν · will deceiveMany will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.
- Luke 21:8πλανηθῆτε · that you are not deceivedJesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
- John 7:12πλανᾷ · He deceivesMany in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
- John 7:47πεπλάνησθε · been deceived“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9πλανᾶσθε · be deceivedDo you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 1 Corinthians 15:33πλανᾶσθε · be deceivedDo not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Galatians 6:7πλανᾶσθε · be deceivedDo not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- 2 Timothy 3:13πλανῶντες · deceiving; πλανώμενοι · being deceived…while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- Titus 3:3πλανώμενοι · misledFor at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 3:10πλανῶνται · going astrayTherefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
- Hebrews 5:2πλανωμένοις · misguidedHe is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
- Hebrews 11:38πλανώμενοι · They wanderedThe world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
- James 1:16πλανᾶσθε · be deceivedDo not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
- James 5:19πλανηθῇ · should wanderMy brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
- 1 Peter 2:25πλανώμενοι · going astrayFor “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- 2 Peter 2:15ἐπλανήθησαν · and wandered offThey have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- 1 John 1:8πλανῶμεν · we deceiveIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 2:26πλανώντων · trying to deceiveI have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
- 1 John 3:7πλανάτω · deceiveLittle children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- Revelation 2:20πλανᾷ · she misleadsBut I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
- Revelation 12:9πλανῶν · deceiverAnd the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- Revelation 13:14πλανᾷ · it deceivedBecause of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
- Revelation 18:23ἐπλανήθησαν · were deceivedThe light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
- Revelation 19:20ἐπλάνησεν · deceivingBut the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Revelation 20:3πλανήσῃ · he could not deceiveAnd he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
- Revelation 20:8πλανῆσαι · to deceive…and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
- Revelation 20:10πλανῶν · had deceivedAnd the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.