planē (error) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “error”, “deception” and “deceit”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

error 6
deception 1
of deceit 1
delusion 1
of falsehood 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Peter 2
Matthew 1
Romans 1
Ephesians 1
1 Thessalonians 1
2 Thessalonians 1

9 books in all.

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2 Peter 2:18In contextFor when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2 Peter 3:17In contextYe therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Jude 1:11In contextWoe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Matthew 27:64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Romans 1:27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Ephesians 4:14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

All 10 verses, by book

Matthew 1: 27:64
Romans 1: 1:27
Ephesians 1: 4:14
1 Thessalonians 1: 2:3
2 Thessalonians 1: 2:11
James 1: 5:20
2 Peter 2: 2:18 3:17
1 John 1: 4:6
Jude 1: 1:11

Greek dictionary

πλάνη planē · error

πλάνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Pro.14:8 (מִרְמָה), Wis.1:12, al ;] a wandering. Metaphorical, a going astray, an error (in NT always with respect to morals or religion): Mat.27:64, Rom.1:27, Eph.4:14, 1Th.2:3, 2Th.2:11, Jas.5:20, 2Pe.2:18 3:17 3:1-18; 1Jn.4:6, Ju 11.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “error” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ER'ROR, noun

[Latin error from erro, to wander.]

A wandering or deviation from the truth; a mistake in judgment, by which men assent to or believe what is not true. error may be voluntary, or involuntary. Voluntary, when men neglect or pervert the proper means to inform the mind; involuntary, when the means of judging correctly are not in their power. An error committed through carelessness or haste is a blunder.

A mistake made in writing or other performance.
A wandering; excursion; irregular course.
Deviation from law, justice or right; oversight; mistake in conduct.
In scripture and theology, sin; iniquity; transgression.“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults” Psalms 19:12

All definitions and other forms of “error”

In law, a mistake in pleading or in judgment.

ER'ROR, verb transitive

To determine a judgment of court to be erroneous.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.