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Wandering

πλανήτηςStrong’s G4107

planētēs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Planētēs is the Greek word usually translated “wandering”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.”
Jude 1:13 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • wandering 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Jude 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    πλανήτης planētēs · wandering

    πλανήτης, -ου, ὁ (πλανάω), [in LXX: Hos.9:17 (נָדַד) * ;] = πλάνης, a wanderer: ἀστέρες π. (cl. planets), wandering stars, Ju 13 (WH, mg., -τες).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    WANDERING, participle present

    tense Roving; rambling; deviating from duty.

      All definitions and other forms of “wandering”

        WANDERING, noun

        1. Peregrination; a traveling without a settled course.
        2. Aberration; mistaken way; deviation from rectitude; as a wandering from duty.
        3. A roving of the mind or thoughts from the point or business in which one ought to be engaged.
        4. The roving of the mind in a dream.
        5. The roving of the mind in delirium.
        6. Uncertainty; want of being fixed.

        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.