Astray

a-strā´ (תּעה, tā‛āh, “to wander,” “to err”; πλανάομαι, planáomai, “to go astray,” each carrying the idea of being lost): With one exception (Exo 23:4 “his ass going astray”) used metaphorically of moral wandering, going astray in paths of error and sin, like “sheep going astray” (1Pe 2:25 the King James Version; Isa 53:6; Psa 119:176). This wandering may be due (1) to inherent evil (Psa 58:3); (2) to false shepherds (Jer 50:6); contrast the beautiful and classic passage, Mat 18:12, Mat 18:13, the Son of man (Mat 18:12) seeketh that which is gone astray. No word more vividly portrays sin as a straying, a separation from God. To be morally “astray” is to be “lost.”

Psa 58:3 (a) The tendency to commit sin and to deceive which is inherent in the human heart from birth, this is to go "astray" from GOD.

Psa 119:176 (a) Here we see the sinner’s path which is not along the path of GOD’s righteousness nor according to His commandments.

Jer 50:6 (a) This represents the path of wrong teaching into which people are led by false shepherds.