planē · error, deception

What it means

planē (πλάνη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “error, deception”.

Deception, error.

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. Leaving the true way; or the error by which others lead astray.

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

How it is translated

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

• error ×8
• deception ×1
• wandering ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Romans×1
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• James×1
• 2 Peter×2
• 1 John×1
• Jude×1

• Matthew 27:64

  So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

• Romans 1:27

  and likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their desire for one another, males with males committing the indecency and receiving in themselves the penalty that was due for their error.

• Ephesians 4:14

  so that we may no longer be children, tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of men, by craftiness in the scheming of error;

• 1 Thessalonians 2:3

  For our encouragement did not come from error or from impurity, nor was it in deceit,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:11

  And for this reason God sends them a working of error, so that they believe the lie,

• James 5:20

  let him know that whoever turns back a sinner from the wandering of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

• 2 Peter 2:18

  For uttering swelling words of futility, they entice with desires of the flesh, with debaucheries, those who are barely escaping from those who live in error,

• 2 Peter 3:17

  You then, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and lose your own firm footing.

• 1 John 4:6

  We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

• Jude 1:11

  Woe to them, because they have walked in the way of Cain, and for wages have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam, and perished in the opposition of Korah.