Plánē — G4106

Definition

feminine noun

objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety

1. error which shows itself in action, a wrong mode of acting

Usually translated as

error, deceit, to deceive, delusion

Origin

feminine of G4108 (as abstractly)

• plános (G4108)

Occurrences

Plánē occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Romans (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Thessalonians (1), James (1), 2 Peter (2), 1 John (1), Jude (1)

• Matthew 27:64 — Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error (πλάνῃ) shall be worse than the first.
• Romans 1:27 — And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error (πλάνης) which was meet.
• Ephesians 4:14 — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive (πλάνης);
• 1 Thessalonians 2:3 — For our exhortation was not of deceit (πλάνης), nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11 — And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion (πλάνης), that they should believe a lie:
• James 5:20 — Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error (πλάνης) of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
• 2 Peter 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error (πλάνῃ).
• 2 Peter 3:17 — Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error (πλάνῃ) of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
• 1 John 4:6 — We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error (πλάνης).
• Jude 1:11 — Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error (πλάνῃ) of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.