the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Err
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or in the Active Voice, signifies "to cause to wander, lead astray, deceive" (plane, "a wandering;" cp. Eng., "planet"); in the Passive Voice, "to be led astray, to err." It is translated "err," in Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24,27; Hebrews 3:10; James 1:16 (AV, "do not err," RV, "be not deceived"); 5:19. See DECEIVE , SEDUCE , WANDER , WAY , Note (5).
"to cause to wander away from, to lead astray from" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used metaphorically of leading into error, Mark 13:22 , AV, "seduce," RV, "lead astray;" 1 Timothy 6:10 , in the Passive Voice, AV, "have erred," RV, "have been led astray." See SEDUCE.
"to miss the mark, fail" (a, negative, stochos, "a mark"), is used only in the Pastoral Epistles, 1 Timothy 1:6 , "having swerved;" 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 2:18 , "have erred." See SWERVE.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Err'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/err.html. 1940.
