noun · feminine

planas

Greekπλάνη (planē)

Strong’sG4106

a wandering, error

stem plan-10 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

error7×deceitful1×deception1×delusion1×

What it means

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.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4106 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidplan'-ay

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

Fromfeminine of G4108 (as abstractly);

King Jamesdeceit, to deceive, delusion, error.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	planas1×πλάνη	planais
object accusative	planan	planain
direct address vocative	planar	planair
of, belonging to genitive	planau6×πλάνης	planaiu
to, for dative	plana3×πλάνῃ	planai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

planstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

plana 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

planimō — πλανάω, I lead astray, deceive planos — πλάνος, misleading, a deceiver

Where it appears

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

planas“deception”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 27:64“deception”keleuasar oun asfalizira ton tafon heōs tau tritau hēmerau, mēpote ercharatois tois mathētois autou kleptaleia auton kai legaleia to lao; Egeirita apo toiu nekroiu, kai eti tas eschatas planas cheirōnas tau prōtau.So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

planau“error”of, belonging togenitive singular6×

Romans 1:27“error”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Ephesians 4:14“deceitful”hina mēketi aneiō nēpiois, kludōnizerōtois kai periferirōtois panto anemo tau didaskaliau en ta kubeia toiu anthrōpoiu en panourgia pros tan methodeian tau planau,Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

1 Thessalonians 2:3“error”tas gar paraklēsias nu ouk ek planau oude ek akatharsiau oude en dolo,For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

2 Thessalonians 2:11“delusion”kai dia houtem pempatō autoi tos theos energeian planau eis tem pisteuara autoin te pseuse,For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

James 5:20“error”gnōskatōr hoti tos epistrefaratos hamartōlon ek planau hodau autou sōzati psuchan autou ek thanatou kai kaluptati plēthem hamartaiu.consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 John 4:6“error”nis ek tou theou anō; tos gnōskarōtos ton theon akouatō nu, hos ouk atō ek tou theou ouk akouatō nu. ek houteu gnōskanō tem pneumem tau alētheiau kai tem pneumem tau planau.We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

plana“error”to, fordative singular3×

2 Peter 2:18“error”huperonkeim gar mataiotau fthengerōtois deleazalō en epithumiai sarxau aselgeiai toin oligōs apofeugarōtoin toin en plana anastrefirōtoin,With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

2 Peter 3:17“error”vis oun, agapētoir, prognōskarōtois fulassevōr hina mē ta toiu athesmoiu plana sunapagiratois ekpiptaveia tou idiou stērigmou,Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

Jude 1:11“error”ouai autoi, hoti ta hoda tou Kain poreuila, kai ta plana tou Balaam misthou ekchila, kai ta antilogia tou Kore apolluela.Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.