Word

πλάνος

plános · G4108 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

causing someone to be mistaken, deceitful, that which deceives

Pertaining to causing someone to be mistaken

Examples
Matthew 27:63 and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘After three days I am rising.’
2 Corinthians 6:8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;
1 Timothy 4:1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
πολύςmany 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὁμολογέωto confess, to profess 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐξέρχομαιto go out, to depart 1
ἔπωto say 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὗτοςthis 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

ψευδής pseudḗs · G5571 · liar: Both describe persons characterized by falsehood and deception, though ψευδής emphasizes falsity itself while πλάνος emphasizes the roving/leading-astray aspect of deception
φρεναπάτης phrenapátēs · G5423 · person who misleads, deceiver: Both describe deceivers, with φρεναπάτης specifically denoting one who deceives the mind/heart, while πλάνος has the broader sense of impostor who leads astray

Contrasting words 1 word

ἀληθής alēthḗs · G227 · true, truth, real: Direct lexical opposite: ἀληθής describes one who is truthful and genuine, the opposite of πλάνος as an impostor and misleader who leads away from truth

In the other Testament 1 word

נָכַל nâkal · H5230 · to deceive, to double-cross: Hebrew adjective describing one who is deceitful or crafty, paralleling the impostor/deceiver characterization of πλάνος

Semantic domains 1 entry

Causing someone to be mistaken, deceitful, that which deceives31.9: πλάνος describes a person or spirit whose purpose is to lead others into error. John warns of those who deny Christ's coming in the flesh: “For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist” (2 John 1:7).

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πλάνοςplános · G4108πλανάω planáō · G4105 · to mislead, to deceive, deception · 39×πλάνη plánē · G4106 · deception, misleading belief, deceptive belief · 10×ἀποπλανάω apoplanáō · G635 · to deceive, to mislead, to cause to have completely wrong views · 2×πλανήτης planḗtēs · G4107 · wanderer · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πλανον, wandering, roving; transitively and tropically, misleading, leading into error:…

πλανον, wandering, roving; transitively and tropically, misleading, leading into error: πνεύματα πλανᾷ, 1 Tim 4:1 (πλάνοι ἄνθρωποι, Josephus, b. j. 2, 13, 4). ὁ πλάνος substantively (Cicero, others,planus), as we say, a vagabond, 'tramp,' impostor (Diodorus, Athen., others); hence, universally, a corrupter, deceiver, (Vulg.seductor): Mt 27:63; 2 Cor 6:8; 2 Jn 1:7. (Cf. ὁ κοσμοπλάνος, 'Teaching' etc. 16, 4 [ET].)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Hold a Wrong View, Be Mistaken5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0