adjective

planos

Greekπλάνος (planos)

Strong’sG4108

misleading, a deceiver

stem plan-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

deceiver2×deceivers2×deceitful1×

What it means

πλάνος, -ον,

[in LXX: Jb 19:4 (מְשׁוּגָה), Je 23:32*;]

1. wandering.

2. leading astray, deceiving: πνεύματα π., I Ti 4:1. As subst., ὁ π., a deceiver, impostor: Mt 27:63, II Co 6:8, II Jo 1:7.†

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

Strong’s G4108 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidplan'-os

roving (as a tramp), i.e. (by implication) an impostor or misleader;

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamesdeceiver, seducing.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	planos2×πλάνος	planas	planem	planois2×πλάνοι	planais	planeim
object accusative	planon	planan		planoin	planain
direct address vocative	planor	planar		planoir	planair
of, belonging to genitive	planou	planau	planeu	planoiu	planaiu	planeiu
to, for dative	plano	plana	plane	planoi	planai	planei1×πλάνοις

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+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

planimō — πλανάω, I lead astray, deceive planas — πλάνη, a wandering, error

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

planos“deceiver”subjectnominative singular2×

Matthew 27:63“deceiver”legarōtois; Kurior, mimnēskina hoti ekeinos tos planos legata ēti zōarōtos; Meta treis hēmerain egeirimō;“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

2 John 1:7“deceiver”hoti pollois planois exerchala eis ton kosmon, tois mē homologarōtois Iēsun Christon ercherōton en sarxa; houtos atō tos planos kai tos antichristos.For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

planois“deceivers”subjectnominative plural2×

2 Corinthians 6:8“deceivers”dia doxau kai atimiau, dia dusfēmiau kai eufēmiau; hōs planois kai alēthois,through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

2 John 1:7“deceivers”hoti pollois planois exerchala eis ton kosmon, tois mē homologarōtois Iēsun Christon ercherōton en sarxa; houtos atō tos planos kai tos antichristos.For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

planei“deceitful”to, fordative plural1×

1 Timothy 4:1“deceitful”Tem de pneumem rētōs legatō hoti en husteroi kairoi afistaneli tinois tau pistiau, prosecharōtois pneumei planei kai didaskaliai daimoneiuNow the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,