Greek verb · G4105
πλανάω
planaoplan-ah'-o
to lead astray
39 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: planáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4105is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 27New Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4105
to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
The King James renders it: go astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander, be out of the way.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
planao is rendered "to lead astray". It stands 39 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:12What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Matthew 18:12πλανηθῇ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do be misled3
- they will mislead3
- being deceived2
- going astray2
- is deceiving2
- may mislead2
- You err2
- deceiving1
- do be deceived1
- do you err1
- gone astray1
- have been deceived1
and 18 more, 39 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 39, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πλανᾶσθε6
- πλανώμενοι4
- πλανᾷ3
- πλανήσῃ3
- πλανήσουσιν3
- ἐπλανήθησαν2
- πλανηθῇ2
- πλανῆσαι2
- πλανῶν2
- ἐπλάνησεν1
- πεπλανημένοις1
- πεπλάνησθε1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · present passive, command · 2nd person plural4V-PPM-2P
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4V-PPP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular3V-AAS-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-FAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-PPI-2P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-APS-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-APS-2P
Matthew
eight uses
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
- πλανηθῇplanetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall have gone astray
- πλανώμενονplanomenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: going astray
And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
- πεπλανημένοιςpeplanemenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: gone astray
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- πλανᾶσθεplanastheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You err
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- πλανήσῃplaneseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may mislead
For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
- πλανήσουσινplanesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will mislead
and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- πλανήσουσινplanesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will mislead
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- πλανῆσαιplanesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to mislead
Mark
four uses
Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
- πλανᾶσθεplanastheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: do you err
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
- πλανᾶσθε.¶planastheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you err
Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- πλανήσῃplaneseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may mislead
Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.
- πλανήσουσινplanesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will mislead
Luke
one use
Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
- πλανηθῆτεplanetheteverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may be led astray
John
two uses
Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
- πλανᾷplanaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He deceives
“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
- πεπλάνησθεpeplanestheverb · perfect passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: have been deceived
1 Corinthians
two uses
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- πλανᾶσθεplanastheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be deceived
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- πλανᾶσθεplanastheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be misled
Galatians
one use
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- πλανᾶσθεplanastheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be misled
2 Timothy
two uses
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- πλανῶντεςplanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: deceiving
- πλανώμενοιplanomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being deceived
Titus
one use
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- πλανώμενοιplanomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being deceived
Hebrews
three uses
Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
- πλανῶνταιplanontaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they go astray
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
- πλανωμένοιςplanomenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: with those going astray
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
- πλανώμενοιplanomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: wandering
James
two uses
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
- πλανᾶσθεplanastheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be misled
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
- πλανηθῇplanetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall wander
1 Peter
one use
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- πλανώμενοιplanomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: going astray
2 Peter
one use
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- ἐπλανήθησανeplanethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have gone astray
1 John
three uses
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- πλανῶμενplanomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we deceive
I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
- πλανώντωνplanontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: leading astray
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- πλανάτωplanatoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should lead astray
Revelation
eight uses
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
- πλανᾷplanaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she misleads
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- πλανῶνplanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is deceiving
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 lived.
- πλανᾷplanaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it deceives
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
- ἐπλανήθησανeplanethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were deceived
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, 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 were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- ἐπλάνησενeplanesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he deceived
And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
- πλανήσῃplaneseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may deceive
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
- πλανῆσαιplanesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deceive
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- πλανῶνplanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is deceiving
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
