Quick Definition
πλανάω v. I lead astray, deceive
Strong's Definition
from 4106; to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
KJV Usage: go astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander, be out of the way
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πλάνη · πλανήτης · πλάνος
31.8 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Hold a Wrong View, Be Mistaken
to mislead, to deceive, deception, to cause to be mistaken (figurative extension of meaning of πλανάω ‘to cause to wander off the path,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause someone to hold a wrong view and thus be mistaken To mislead people as to proper views which they should have may often be expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to twist people’s thoughts,’ ‘to cause what is false to seem like what is true,’ ‘to make a lie appear true,’ ‘to dig away the truth,’ or ‘to cover the eyes with lies.’
MAT 24:4 · MAT 24:5 · MAT 24:11 · MAT 24:24 · MRK 13:5 · MRK 13:6 · JHN 7:12 · 2TI 3:13 · 1JN 1:8 · 1JN 2:26 · 1JN 3:7 · REV 2:20 · REV 12:9 · REV 13:14 · REV 19:20 · REV 20:3 · REV 20:8 · REV 20:10
15.24 · (πλανάομαι[a]) · Linear Movement · Travel, Journey
to wander about to move about, without definite destination or particular purpose
31.67 · (πλανάομαι[b]) · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to stray from the truth, to wander from the truth, to go astray from to no longer believe what is true, but to start believing what is false Though in some languages one can preserve the figurative meaning of ‘to wander’ or ‘to go astray’ in connection with truth, it is not possible to do so in many languages, and therefore it may be necessary to spell out in some detail precisely what is involved, for example, ‘to stop believing what is true and to start believing what is false.’
MAT 22:29 · MRK 12:24 · MRK 12:27 · LUK 21:8 · JHN 7:47 · 1CO 6:9 · 1CO 15:33 · GAL 6:7 · 2TI 3:13 · TIT 3:3 · HEB 3:10 · HEB 5:2 · JAS 1:16 · JAS 5:19 · 2PE 2:15 · REV 18:23
1 The meanings of πλανάω and πλάνη[a] (31.8), πλάνος (31.9), πλάνη[b] (31.10), and ἀποπλανάω (31.11) focus primarily upon the misleading or deceptive views which people are caused to have, but these same terms may refer to more than mere mistaken ideas or opinions. They may involve deception of a behavioral nature, and therefore these same meanings could be in Domain 88 Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior, Subdomain U Mislead, Lead Astray, Deceive. 2 It is possible that ἀποπλανάομαι differs slightly from πλανάομαι[b] in emphasizing the departure from truth.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλανάω, -@; fut. πλανήσω ; 1 aor. ἐπλάνησα; Pass., pres. πλανῶμαι; pf. πεπλάνημαι; 1 aor. ἐπλανήθην ; (πλάνη); fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down; Sept. for APN; to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the right way ; a. prop.; in pass., Sept. chiefly for NA, fo go astray, wander, roam about, (first so in Hom. 1]. 23, 321): Mt. xviii. 12sq-; 1 Pet. ii. 25 (fr. Is. liii. 6, cf. Ex. xxiii. 4 ; Ps. exviii. (exix.) 176); Heb. xi. 38. b. metaph. to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive: twa, Mt. xxiv. 4, 5, 11, 24; Mk. xiii. 5,6; Jn. vii. 12; 1Jn. ii. 26; iii. 7; 2 Tim. iii. 13"; Rev. ii. 20GLT TrWH; xii. 93 xiii. 14; xix. 20; xx. 8, 8, 10; ἑαυτόν, 1 Jn. 1. 8; pass. to be led into error, [R.V. be led astray]: Lk. xxi. 8; Jn. vii. 47; Rev. ii. 20 Rec.; to err, Mt. xxii. 29; ΜΚ. xii. 24, 27; μὴ πλανᾶσθε, 1 Co. vi. 9; xv. 33; Gal. vi. 7; Jas. 1. 16; esp. through ignorance to be led aside from the . path of virtue, to go astray, sin: Tit. iii. 3; Heb. v. 2; τῇ καρδίᾳ, Heb. iii. 10; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας. Jas. v.19; to wander or fall away from the true faith, of heretics, 2 Tim. iii. 13°; 2 Pet. ii. 15; to be led away into error and sin, Rey. xviii. 23. [Comp.: ἀπο-πλανάω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλανάω planaō 39x
to lead astray, cause to wander; pass. to go astray, wander about, stray, Mt. 18:12, 13; 1 Pet. 2:25; met. to mislead, deceive, Mt. 24:4, 5, 11, 24; pass. to be deceived, err, mistake, Mt. 22:29; to seduce, delude, Jn. 7:12; pass. to be seduced or wander from the path of virtue, to sin, transgress, Tit. 3:3; Heb. 5:2; Jas. 5:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλανάω, -ῶ
(< πλάνη), [in LXX chiefly for תּעה;]
to cause to wander, lead astray. Pass., to go astray, wander: Mt 18:12, 13, He 11:38, I Pe 2:25 (cf. Is 53:6). Metaph., to lead astray, deceive: c. acc. pers., Mt 24:4, 5, 11, 24, Mk 13:5, 6, Jo 7:12, II Ti 3:13, I Jo 1:8 2:26 3:7, Re 2:20 12:9 13:14 19:20 20:3, 8, 10; pass., to be led astray, to err: Mt 22:29, Mk 12:24, 27, Lk 21:8, Jo 7:47, II Ti 3:13, Tit 3:3, He 5:2, II Pe 2:15, Re 18:23; τ. καρδίᾳ, He 3:10; ἀπὸ τ. ἀληθείας, Ja 5:19; μὴ πλανᾶσθε, I Co 6:9 15:33, Ga 6:7, Ja 1:16 (cf. ἀπο-πλανάω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλανάω. For the metaph. use of πλανάω, ‘lead astray,” ‘‘deceive,” cf. P Par 4728 (B.c. 152-1) (= ΡΖ i. p. 332,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλανάω (planaō) — to lead astray. πλᾰν-άω, future -ήσω [LXX]:—passive and middle, future -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπλανήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεπλάνημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πλάνη):—Prose verb, ={πλάζω} (used once in [Refs 8th c.BC+], cause to wander, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. lead from the subject, in talking, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. lead astray, mislead, deceive, ἢ γνώμη πλαν; [NT+5th c.BC+]; πλανῶν τὴν ἔξοδον, of the Labyrinth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. passive, wander, stray, ἵπποι πλανόωνται ἀνὰ δρόμον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the planets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of reports, travel abroad, πολλὰ.. ἐμπόρων ἔπη φιλεῖ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. b c.accusative loci, πλανηθεὶς τήνδε βάρβαρον χθόνα having wandered over it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] wandering about as in a labyrinth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. wander in speaking, π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; digress, π. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with genitive, πλαναθεὶς καιροῦ having missed the right moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. do a thing irregularly or with variation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐνύπνια τὰ ἐς ἀνθρώπους πεπλανημένα the varying dreams that visit them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πεπλανημένον τρόπον irregularly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be unsettled, τὰ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἔτι πλανώμενα καταστήματα [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.5. to be in doubt or at a loss, π. τὸ θέλει τὸ ἔπος εἶπαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῇ διανοίᾳ, ταῖς διανοίαις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. in forensic Rhet., χρώματα πεπλανημένα, μετάθεσις πεπ., of alternative pleas, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.7. to be misled, ὑπὸ φωνῆς κοινότητος [Refs 1st c.BC+]