To lead astray
πλανάωStrong’s G4105planaō
Appears in 37 verses of the New Testament
In short
Planaō is the Greek word usually translated “mislead”, “do be misled” and “going astray”. It appears in 37 verses of the New Testament.
“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”
Meaning
Usually translated “mislead”, “do be misled” and “going astray”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they will mislead 3
- do be misled 3
- going astray 2
- you err 2
- may mislead 2
- being deceived 2
- is deceiving 2
- shall have gone astray 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 8
- Matthew 7
- Mark 4
- Hebrews 3
- 1 John 3
- John 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:15In contextWhich have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- Matthew 18:12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
- Matthew 18:13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
- Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Matthew 24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
- Matthew 24:5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
All 37 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
πλανάω planaō · to lead astray
πλανάω, -ῶ (πλάνη), [in LXX chiefly for תָּעָה ;] to cause to wander, lead astray. Pass., to go astray, wander: Mat.18:12-13 Heb.11:38, 1Pe.2:25 (cf. Isa.53:6). Metaphorical, to lead astray, deceive: with accusative of person(s), Mat.24:4-5, 11 24:24, Mrk.13:5-6, Jhn.7:12, 2Ti.3:13; 1Jn.1:8 Jn 2:26 Jn 3:7, Rev.2:20 12:9 13:14 19:20 20:3, 8 20:10; pass., to be led astray, to err: Mat.22:29, Mrk.12:24, 27, Luk.21:8, Jhn.7:47, 2Ti.3:13, Tit.3:3, Heb.5:2, 2Pe.2:15, Rev.18:23; τ. καρδίᾳ, Heb.3:10; ἀπὸ τ. ἀληθείας, Jas.5:19;μὴ πλανᾶσθε, 1Co.6:9 15:33, Gal.6:7. Jas.1:16 (cf. ἀπο-πλανάω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mislead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MISLE'AD, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive misled. [See Lead.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.