planaō · lead astray, deceive

What it means

planaō (πλανάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lead astray, deceive”.

Go astray.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lead others the wrong way.
2. To lose one's way, or be wrong.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• lead astray ×5
• be deceived ×4
• deceive ×3
• deceives ×3
• go astray ×3
• led astray ×3
• You are mistaken ×2
• going astray ×2
• leads astray ×2
• are leading astray ×1
• others ×11

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×8
• Mark×4
• Luke×1
• John×2
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×3
• James×2
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1
• 1 John×3
• Revelation×8

• Matthew 18:12

  What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray?

• Matthew 18:13

  And if it happens that he finds it, truly I tell you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

• Matthew 22:29

  But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

• Matthew 24:4

  And Jesus answered them, “See to it that no one leads you astray.

• Matthew 24:5

  For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will lead many astray.

• Matthew 24:11

  And many false prophets will rise and lead many astray.

• Matthew 24:24

  For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and will perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

• Mark 12:24

  Jesus said to them, “Is it not for this reason that you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God?

• Mark 12:27

  He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken.”

• Mark 13:5

  And Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out that no one leads you astray.

• Mark 13:6

  Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will lead many astray.

• Luke 21:8

  And he said, “See that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come near.’ Do not go after them.

• John 7:12

  And there was much grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is a good man”; but others were saying, “No, rather, he is leading the crowd astray.”

• John 7:47

  So the Pharisees answered them, “Surely you too have not been led astray?

• 1 Corinthians 6:9

  Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor men who lie with males,

• 1 Corinthians 15:33

  Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

• Galatians 6:7

  Do not be deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap;

• 2 Timothy 3:13

  But evil people and impostors will advance from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

• Titus 3:3

  For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

• Hebrews 3:10

  for forty years. Therefore I was angry with this generation, and I said: Always they go astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways.

• Hebrews 5:2

  being able to deal gently with the ignorant and those who go astray, since he also is surrounded by weakness;

• Hebrews 11:38

  —of whom the world was not worthy— wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the holes in the ground.

• James 1:16

  Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

• James 5:19

  My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

• 1 Peter 2:25

  For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

• 2 Peter 2:15

  Forsaking the straight way, they have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

• 1 John 1:8

  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

• 1 John 2:26

  I have written these things to you about those who are leading you astray.

• 1 John 3:7

  Little children, let no one lead you astray. Whoever does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

• Revelation 2:20

  But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

• Revelation 12:9

  And the great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, the one called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

• Revelation 13:14

  And it deceives those who live on the earth by the signs that it was given to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image for the beast that has the wound of the sword and came to life.

• Revelation 18:23

  and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

• Revelation 19:20

  And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

• Revelation 20:3

  and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things he must be released for a short time.

• Revelation 20:8

  and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for the war; their number is like the sand of the sea.

• Revelation 20:10

  And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages.

And 2 more times.