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Strong's #4105 - πλανάω
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- to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the right way
- to go astray, wander, roam about
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- to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive
- to be led into error
- to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin
- to sever or fall away from the truth
- of heretics
- to be led away into error and sin
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πλᾰν-άω,
fut. - ήσω LXX 4 Ki. 4.28, etc.: — Pass. and Med., fut. - ήσομαι Pl. Hp.Mi. 376c, Luc. Peregr. 16, - ηθήσομαι D.H. Dem. 9, Luc. VH 2.27: aor. ἐπλανήθην E. Hel. 598, Th. 5.4, etc.: pf. πεπλάνημαι A. Pr. 565 (anap.), Hdt. 7.16 . β', Pl. Plt. 264c, etc.: ( πλάνη ): — Prose verb, = πλάζω (used once in Hom., also by Trag., Pi. (v. infr.), and Sapph. Supp. 10.15 ), cause to wander, A. Pr. 572 (lyr.), Hdt. 4.128 .
2. lead from the subject, in talking, D. 19.335 .
3. lead astray, mislead, deceive, ἢ γνώμη πλανᾷ; S. OC 316, cf. Pl. Prt. 356d, Lg. 655c, Theognet. 2.2, Men. Pk. 79; τὸν ὄχλον Ev.John 7:12; τὸ ἀόριστον πλανᾷ Arist. Rh. 1415a14; τὰ μὴ πλανῶντα Id. Mete. 347b35; πλανῶν τὴν ἔξοδον, of the Labyrinth, Apollod. 3.1.4 .
II Pass., wander, stray, ἵπποι πλανόωνται ἀνὰ δρόμον Il. 23.321; ὅποι γῆς . . πεπλάνημαι A. Pr. 565 (anap.); π. εἰς πόλεις Lys. 12.97; κατὰ τὴν χώραν Isoc. 6.76; περὶ τὰ πεδία Pl. Plt. 264c: abs., S. OC 347, etc.; of the planets, Pl. Lg. 822a, Arist. Mete. 346a2, etc.: metaph., νοῦς ἐν αὑτῷ ὁ ἀληθινὸς πέφυκε πλανᾶσθαι Plot. 6.7.13; of reports, travel abroad, πολλὰ . . ἐμπόρων ἔπη φιλεῖ π . S. OC 304 . c.acc.loci, πλανηθεὶς τήνδε βάρβαρον χθόνα having wandered over it, E. Hel. 598; πᾶσαν γῆν Plu. Luc. 34: c.acc. cogn., πολλοὺς ἑλιγμοὺς πλανώμενοι wandering about as in a labyrinth, X. Cyr. 1.3.4 .
2. wander in speaking, π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ Hdt. 2.115; digress, π. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου Pl. Plt. 263a .
3. c. gen., πλαναθεὶς καιροῦ having missed the right moment, Pi. N. 8.4 .
4. do a thing irregularly or with variation, Hdt. 6.52; ἐνύπνια τὰ ἐς ἀνθρώπους πεπλανημένα the varying dreams that visit them, Id. 7.16 . β' ; πλανωμένη πρὸς ἄλλοτ' ἄλλον πημονὴ προσιζάνει A. Pr. 277; πεπλανημένον τρόπον irregularly, Hp. Prog. 24; to be unsettled, τὰ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἔτι πλανώμενα καταστήματα IG 42(1).81.13 (Epid., i A.D. ).
5. to be in doubt or at a loss, π. τὸ θέλει τὸ ἔπος εἶπαι Hdt. 6.37: more freq. abs., A. Pr. 473, etc.; π. καὶ ἀπορῶ Pl. Hp. Ma. 304c; ἡ ψυχὴ π. καὶ ταράττεται Id. Phd. 79c; π. τῇ διανοίᾳ, ταῖς διανοίαις, Isoc. 15.52, Ephesians 6:10; πεπλανημένην ἔχειν τὴν διάνοιαν Id. 15.265; πλανωμένων θεραπεία παθῶν Diog.Oen. 27 .
6. in forensic Rhet., χρώματα πεπλανημένα, μετάθεσις πεπ ., of alternative pleas, Hermog. Stat. 3 .
7. to be misled, ὑπὸ φωνῆς κοινότητος Phld. Sign. 7; ταῖς ὁμωνυμίαις ib. 36 .
πλανάω, πλανῶ; future πλανήσω; 1 aorist ἐπλάνησα; passive, present πλανωμαι; perfect πεπλάνημαι; 1 aorist ἐπλανήθην; (πλάνη); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for הִתְעָה; to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the rigid way;
a. properly; in passive, the Sept. chiefly for תָּעָה, to go astray, wander, roam about (first so in Homer, Iliad 23, 321): Matthew 18:12; 1 Peter 2:25 (from Isaiah 53:6, cf. Exodus 23:4; Psalm 118:176
b. metaphorically, to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive: τινα, Matthew 24:4, 5, 11, 24; Mark 13:5, 6; John 7:12; 1 John 2:26; 1 John 3:7; 2 Timothy 3:13a; Revelation 2:20 G L T Tr WH;
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πλανάω , -ῶ
(< πλάνη ),
[in LXX chiefly for H8582;]
to cause to wander, lead astray. Pass., to go astray, wander: Matthew 18:12-13 Hebrews 11:38, 1 Peter 2:25 (cf. Isaiah 53:6). Metaph., to lead astray, deceive: c. acc pers., Matthew 24:4-5; Matthew 24:11; Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:5-6, John 7:12, 2 Timothy 3:13; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:26; 1 John 3:7, Revelation 2:20; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:3; Revelation 20:8; Revelation 20:10; pass., to be led astray, to err: Matthew 22:29, Mark 12:24; Mark 12:27, Luke 21:8, John 7:47, 2 Timothy 3:13, Titus 3:3, Hebrews 5:2, 2 Peter 2:15, Revelation 18:23; τ . καρδίᾳ , Hebrews 3:10; ἀπὸ τ . ἀληθείας , James 5:19;μὴ πλανᾶσθε , 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:33, Galatians 6:7. James 1:16 (cf. ἀπο -πλανάω ).†
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literally a ";male prostitute,"; but generally understood in the NT in the sense of a ";fornicator."; Deissmann (LAE p. 319 ff.) compares the list of the vicious, including πόρνοι, in 1 Corinthians 6:9 f., 1 Timothy 1:9 f., with the corresponding designations inscribed on the counters of a popular game, which are also found in the ";scolding"; of Ballio the pander in Plautus Pseudolus 360 ff.
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