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Strong's #4108 - πλάνος
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- wandering, roving
- misleading, leading into error
- a vagabond, "tramp", imposter
- corrupter, deceiver
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πλάνος [ ᾰ], ον,
1 Act., leading astray, deceiving, π. κατέσειον ἐδωδάν the bait, Theoc. 21.43, cf. AP 7.702 ( Apollonid. ); π. δῶρα, ἄγρα, Mosch. 1.29, Fr. 1.10; πνεύματα 1 Timothy 4:1 .
2. Pass., wandering, roaming, fickle, ποικίλον πρᾶγμ' ἐστὶ καὶ πλάνον τύχη Men. Kith.Fr. 8; π. φέγγη planets, Man. 4.3 .
II Subst. πλάνος, ὁ, = πλάνη, wandering, roaming, S. OC 1114, E. Alc. 482, etc.: in pl., Ar. V. 873 (lyr.), etc. κερκίδος πλάνοι, of the act of weaving, E. Ion 1491 (lyr.).
2. metaph., φροντίδος πλάνοι wanderings of thought, S. OT 67; π. φρενῶν wandering of mind, madness, E. Hipp. 283; π. τε καρδίᾳ προσίσταται Id. Fr. 1038; πλάνοις in uncertain fits, of a disease, S. Ph. 758; = πλάνη 11.1, Pl. Phd. 79d .
3. digression, Id. Ep. 344d .
4. error, Ceb. 25, Diog.Oen. 26; grammatical mistake, A.D. Pron. 84.11 .
III of persons, πλάνος, ὁ, vagabond,impostor, Nicostr.Com. 24, Dionys.Com. 4, D.S. 34 / 5.2.14, Ev.Matthew 27:63 .
πλάνος, πλανον, wandering, roving; transitively and tropically, misleading, leading into error: πνεύματα πλανᾷ, 1 Timothy 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): Matthew 27:63; 2 Corinthians 6:8; 2 John 1:7. (Cf. ὁ κοσμοπλάνος, 'Teaching' etc. 16, 4 [ET].)
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πλάνος , -ον ,
[in LXX: Job 19:4 (H4879), Jeremiah 23:32 *;]
1. wandering.
2. leading astray, deceiving: πνεύματα Papyri, 1 Timothy 4:1. As subst., ὁ Papyri, a deceiver, impostor: Matthew 27:63, 2 Corinthians 6:8; .†
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