Quick Definition
a wanderer
Strong's Definition
a rover ("planet"), i.e. (figuratively) an erratic teacher
Derivation: from G4108 (πλάνος);
KJV Usage: wandering
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
[πλάνης, πλανητός, ὁ, see πλανήτης.]
STRONGS NT 4107: πλανήτηςπλανήτης, πλανητου, ὁ (πλανάω), a wanderer: ἀστέρες πλανῆται, wandering stars (Aristotle, Plutarch, others), Jud_1:13 (where WH marginal reading ἀστέρες πλανῆται (Xenophon, mem. 4, 7, 5)); see ἀστήρ, at the end
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλανήτης planētēs 1x
a rover, roving, a wanderer, wandering; ἀστὴρ πλανήτης , a wandering star, Jud_1:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλανήτης , -ου , ὁ
( < πλανάω ),
[in LXX : Hos_9:17 ( H5074 ) * ;]
= πλάνης ,
a wanderer: ἀστέρες Papyri ( cl . planets), wandering stars, Jud_1:13 ( WH , mg ., -τες ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλανήτης [page 516]
For the ordinary use of πλανήτης , planet, cf. the magic P Lond 121 .513 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 100) γεννήσας τοὺς ε̄ πλανήτας ἀστέρας οἵ εἰσιν οὐρανοῦ σπλάγχνα καὶ γῆς ἔντερα καὶ ὕδατος χύσις καὶ πυρὸς θράσος , and P Eud vii. (cited by Mayser Gr. p. 441). In Jud_1:13 , on the other hand, the imagery is clearly derived from Enoch (especially 18 .14 f. ), and the reference is to wandering stars, stars which have left their appointed orbits : see further Mayor Comm. ad l.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πλανήτης πλα^νήτης, ου, = πλάνης, Soph. , Plat. as adj. "wandering, roaming", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πλανήτης, -ου, ὁ
(πλανάω), [in LXX: Hos.9:17 (נָדַד) * ;]
= πλάνης, a wanderer: ἀστέρες π. (cl. planets), wandering stars, Ju 13 (WH, mg., -τες).†
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