Quick Definition
πλάνη, ης, ἡ n.f. a wandering, error
Strong's Definition
feminine of 4108 (as abstractly); objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
KJV Usage: deceit, to deceive, delusion, error
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | πλανάω
31.8 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Hold a Wrong View, Be Mistaken
deception (figurative extension of meaning of πλανάω ‘to cause to wander off the path,’ not occurring in the NT) act of causing 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.’
31.10 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Hold a Wrong View, Be Mistaken
misleading belief, deceptive belief, error, mistaken view (semantic derivative of πλάνη[a] ‘deception,’ 31.8) the content of that which misleads or deceives
MAT 27:64 · 1TH 2:3 · JAS 5:20 · 2PE 2:18 · 2PE 3:17 · JUD 1:11
88.262 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Licentiousness, Perversion
perversion behavior which deviates seriously from that which is morally correct In a number of languages πλάνη in ROM 1:27 may be rendered as ‘what people do which is completely wrong’ or ‘... what is very wrong indeed.’
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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλάνη, -ns, 7, α wandering, a straying about, whereby one, led astray from the right way, roams hither and thither (Aeschyl., [Hdt.], Eur., Plat., Dem.,al.). In the N. T. metaph. mental straying, i.e. error, wrong opinion relative to morals or religion: Eph. iv. 14; 1 Th. ii. 3; 2 Th. ii. 11; 2 Pet. ii. 18; iii. 17; 1 Jn. iv. 6; Jude 11 (on which [cf. W. 189 (177) and] see ἐκχέω, b. fin.) ; er ror which shows itself in action, a wrong mode of acting: Ro. i. 27; πλάνη ὁδοῦ τινος, [R. V. error of one’s way i. 6.7 the wrong manner of life which one follows, Jas. v. 20 (πλάνη ζωῆς, Sap. i. 12); as sometimes the Lat. error, iq. that which leads into error, deceit, fraud: Mt. XXVii. 64.* [πλάνης, -nTos, 6, see πλανήτης. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλάνη planē 10x
a wandering; deceit, deception, delusion, imposture, fraud, Mt. 27:64; 1 Thess. 2:3; seduction, deceiving, Eph. 4:14; 2 Thess. 2:11; 1 Jn. 4:6; error, false opinion, 2 Pet. 3:17; wandering from the path of truth and virtue, perverseness, wickedness, sin, Rom. 1:27; Jas. 5:20; 2 Pet. 2:18; Jude 11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλάνη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: Pr 14:8 (מִרְמָה), Wi 1:12, al;]
a wandering. Metaph., a going astray, an error (in NT always with respect to morals or religion): Mt 27:64, Ro 1:27, Eph 4:14, I Th 2:3, II Th 2:11, Ja 5:20, II Pe 2:18 3:17, I Jo 4:6, Ju 11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλάνη has apparently the act. sense of ‘‘ deceit’? in BGU IV. 12088 (B.c. 27-6) δι᾿ οὗ [μοι] ἱστορεῖς τὴν [Καλατύ]τεως πλ[άν7γην, ‘‘by means of which (sc. a writing-tablet) you are acquainting me with the deceit of Kalatytis.”” Cf. Aazde/ 351° πάσα[ι]σ [1] mwAavy[s τ]έχν[αι]ς, where the editor understands the word as denoting the craft and stratagem which hunters use against wild beasts. See further s.v. πλανάω. In the NT πλάνη is generally, if not always, used in the pass. sense of ‘‘error”’: cf. Armitage Robinson ad Eph 4}4.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλάνη (planē) — error. πλᾰν-η, ἡ, wandering, roaming, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. discursive treatment, ἡ διὰ παντὸς διέξοδος καὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, going astray, βίοτος ἀνθρώπων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὰ χρώματα π. τῆς ὄψεως the illusion, [Refs]; πολλὴν ἔχει.. πλάνην irregularity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλὰς ἀπορίας ἔχει καὶ π. [Refs]; ἡ κατὰ τὰς αἰσθήσεις π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. deceit, imposture, [LXX+NT]