verb
planomō
Strong’sG4105
I lead astray, deceive
stem plan-39 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 books21 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
To cause to wander, go astray – used of straying physically, as of someone lost or wandering off course 123.
To lead astray, deceive, or, in the passive, to be led astray, to err – used of being deceived out of the truth or right conduct, whether by another person, by false teaching, or by one's own mistaken judgment 1234.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
πλανάω, -ῶ
(< πλάνη), [in LXX chiefly for תּעה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4105 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidplan-ah'-o
to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
Fromfrom G4106;
King Jamesgo astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander, be out of the way.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| planatōπλανᾷ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | deceives | 3× |
| plananōπλανῶμεν | happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural | deceive | 1× |
| planovōπλανᾶσθε | happening now · yepresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural | mistaken | 3× |
| planolōπλανῶνται | happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | go astray | 1× |
| planaliπλανήσουσιν | will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural | deceive | 3× |
| planataἐπλάνησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | deceived | 1× |
| planilaἐπλανήθησαν | happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural | deceived | 2× |
| planovēπεπλάνησθε | has happened · yeperfect middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural | deceived | 1× |
| planateiaπλανήσῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | deceives | 3× |
| planiteiaπλανηθῇ | happened · he/she/itaorist passive subjunctive 3rd person singular | wanders | 2× |
| planiveiaπλανηθῆτε | happened · yeaorist passive subjunctive 2nd person plural | deceived | 1× |
| planatōrπλανάτω | happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular | deceive | 1× |
| planovōrπλανᾶσθε | happening now · yepresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural | deceived | 4× |
| planaraπλανῆσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | deceive | 2× |
| planarōntosπλανῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | deceives | 2× |
| planarōntoisπλανῶντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | deceiving | 1× |
| planarōntoiuπλανώντων | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive plural masculine | deceive | 1× |
| planorōntemπλανώμενον | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle direct singular neuter | straying | 1× |
| planorōntoisπλανώμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | deceived | 4× |
| planorōntoiπλανωμένοις | happening now · to, forpresent middle or passive participle dative plural masculine | going astray | 1× |
| planorēnteiπεπλανημένοις | has happened · to, forperfect middle or passive participle dative plural neuter | go astray | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 172, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 15 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planamō | planame | planami | planama | planamē | planamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | planasō | planase | planasi | planasa | planasē | planaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planatō3×πλανᾷ | planate | planati | planata1×ἐπλάνησεν | planatē | planatelē |
| we 1st person plural | plananō1×πλανῶμεν | planane | planani | planana | plananē | plananelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | planavō | planave | planavi | planava | planavē | planavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | planalō | planale | planali3×πλανήσουσιν | planala | planalē | planalelē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planomō | planome | planomē | planomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | planosō | planose | planosē | planoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planotō | planote | planotē | planotelē |
| we 1st person plural | planonō | planone | planonē | planonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | planovō3×πλανᾶσθε | planove | planovē1×πεπλάνησθε | planovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | planolō1×πλανῶνται | planole | planolē | planolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planimi | planima |
| you 2nd person singular | planisi | planisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planiti | planita |
| we 1st person plural | planini | planina |
| ye 2nd person plural | planivi | planiva |
| they 3rd person plural | planili | planila2×ἐπλανήθησαν |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 6 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planameiō | planameia | planameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | planaseiō | planaseia | planaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planateiō | planateia3×πλανήσῃ | planateiē |
| we 1st person plural | plananeiō | plananeia | plananeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | planaveiō | planaveia | planaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | planaleiō | planaleia | planaleiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planomeiō | planomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | planoseiō | planoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planoteiō | planoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | planoneiō | planoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | planoveiō | planoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | planoleiō | planoleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | planiseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planiteia2×πλανηθῇ |
| we 1st person plural | planineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | planiveia1×πλανηθῆτε |
| they 3rd person plural | planileia |
Commands — imperative mood, 5 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | planasōr | planasar | planasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planatōr1×πλανάτω | planatar | planatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | planavōr | planavar | planavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | planalōr | planalar | planalēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | planosōr | planosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planotōr | planotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | planovōr4×πλανᾶσθε | planovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | planolōr | planolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | planisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | planivar |
| they 3rd person plural | planilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planamoiō | planamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | planasoiō | planasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planatoiō | planatoia |
| we 1st person plural | plananoiō | plananoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | planavoiō | planavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | planaloiō | planaloia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | planosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | planonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | planovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | planoloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | planimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | planisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | planitoia |
| we 1st person plural | planinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | planivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | planiloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | planarō | planari | planara2×πλανῆσαι | planarē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | planorō | planorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | planiri | planira |
Used as an adjective — participle, 11 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | planarōntos4×πλανῶν | planarintos | planarantos | planarēntos |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | planorōntos6× | planorēntos1× | ||
| acted on passive voice | planirintos | planirantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
plan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
39 occurrences, every one of them listed
planatō“deceives”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular3×
John 7:12… atō, allosois de legale; Ou, alla planatō ton ochlon.… man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
Revelation 2:20“deceives”… legarōntas heautan profētian, kai didaskatō kai planatō toin ēmoin douloin porneuara kai esthiara …… Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed …
Revelation 13:14“deceives”kai planatō toin katoikarōntoin epi tau gēau dia …Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had …
plananō“deceive”happening now · wepresent active indicative 1st person plural1×
1 John 1:8… leganeia hoti hamartan ouk echanō, heautoin plananō kai tas alētheias ouk atō en …… say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not …
planovō“mistaken”happening now · yepresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural3×
Matthew 22:29Apokrinirantos de tos Iēsus legata autoi; Planovō mē oidarēntois tain grafain mēde tan …Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the …
Mark 12:24… autoi tos Iēsus; Ouk dia houtem planovō mē oidarēntois tain grafain mēde tan …Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the …
Mark 12:27… atō theos nekroiu alla zōarōntoiu; pollem planovō.… of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
planolō“go astray”happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Hebrews 3:10“go astray”… ta genea houta kai legama; Aei planolō ta kardia; autois de ouk gnōskala …… angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
planali“deceive”will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural3×
Matthew 24:5… Mis amō tos christos, kai polloin planali.… I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
Matthew 24:11kai pollois pseudoprofētois egerili kai planali polloin;… many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
Mark 13:6… legarōntois hoti Mis amō, kai polloin planali.… claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.
planata“deceived”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Revelation 19:20“deceived”… teim sēmeim enōpion auteu, en hei planata toin labarantoin tem charagmem teu thēreu …… who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet …
planila“deceived”happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural2×
2 Peter 2:15“gone astray”kataleiparantois euthuan hodan planila, exakoloutharantois ta hoda tou Balaam tou …They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of …
Revelation 18:23… gēau, hoti en ta farmakeia su planila panteim teim ethneim,… earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
planovē“deceived”has happened · yeperfect middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural1×
John 7:47… autoi tois Farisaiois; Mē kai vis planovē?“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
planateia“deceives”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular3×
Matthew 24:4… legata autoi; Blepavōr mē tinos vin planateia;… See to it that no one deceives you.
Mark 13:5… legarō autoi; Blepavōr mē tinos vin planateia;… See to it that no one deceives you.
Revelation 20:3… kai sfragizata epanō autou, hina mē planateia ēti teim ethneim, achri teliteia teim …… him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years …
planiteia“wanders”happened · he/she/itaorist passive subjunctive 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 18:12“gone astray”… geneteia tino anthrōpo hekaton probateim kai planiteia henem ek auteiu, ouchi afiēkati teim …… think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on …
James 5:19“wanders”Adelfoir mu, ean tinos en vi planiteia apo tau alētheiau kai epistrefateia tinos …My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
planiveia“deceived”happened · yeaorist passive subjunctive 2nd person plural1×
Luke 21:8tos de legata; Blepavōr mē planiveia; pollois gar ercheli epi te onome …… to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My …
planatōr“deceive”happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular1×
1 John 3:7teknieim, mēdenos planatōr vin; tos poiarōntos tan dikaiosunan dikaios …Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness …
planovōr“deceived”happening now · yepresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural4×
1 Corinthians 6:9… adikois theou basileian ouk klēronomali? mē planovōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois …… kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters …
1 Corinthians 15:33mē planovōr; ftheralō ētheim chrēsteim homiliais kakosais.Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Galatians 6:7mē planovōr, theos ouk muktērizotō; hem gar ean …Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked …
James 1:16mē planovōr, adelfoir mu agapētoir.Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
planara“deceive”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive2×
Matthew 24:24… dōali sēmeim megeim kai terateim hōste planara ei dunatem kai toin eklektoin;… perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were …
Revelation 20:8kai exercheti planara teim ethneim teim en tai tessares …and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners …
planarōntos“deceives”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine2×
Revelation 12:9“deceives”… kalorōntos Diabolos kai tos Satanos, tos planarōntos tan oikoumenan holan balita eis tan …… ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and …
Revelation 20:10kai tos diabolos tos planarōntos autoin balita eis tan limnan teu …And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake …
planarōntois“deceiving”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
2 Timothy 3:13… kai goētois prokoptali epi tem cheirōnem, planarōntois kai planorōntois.… imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
planarōntoiu“deceive”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive plural masculine1×
1 John 2:26Houteim grafama vi peri toiu planarōntoiu vin.… about those who are trying to deceive you.
planorōntem“straying”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle direct singular neuter1×
Matthew 18:12“straying”… teim oreim kai poreuirantos zētatō tem planorōntem?… ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that …
planorōntois“deceived”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine4×
2 Timothy 3:13… prokoptali epi tem cheirōnem, planarōntois kai planorōntois.… bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Titus 3:3“deceived”… gar pote kai nis anoētois, apeithois, planorōntois, douleuarōntois epithumiai kai hēdonai poikilai, en …For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and …
Hebrews 11:38… ate axios tos kosmos epi erēmiai planorōntois kai orei kai spēlaiei kai tai …… was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid …
1 Peter 2:25ave gar hōs probateim planorōntois, alla epistrefiva nun epi ton poimenon …For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to …
planorōntoi“going astray”happening now · to, forpresent middle or passive participle dative plural masculine1×
Hebrews 5:2“going astray”metriopatharō dunorōntos toi agnoarōntoi kai planorōntoi epei kai autos perikeiotō asthenian,… able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
planorēntei“go astray”has happened · to, forperfect middle or passive participle dative plural neuter1×
Matthew 18:13… epi tei enenēkonta ennea tei mē planorēntei.… over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.