What does πλάνη (plánē) mean in the Bible?
πλάνη (plánē): Deception or error that leads believers astray from moral and religious truth, emphasizing the misleading nature.
Greek · G4106
πλάνη
Objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
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πλάνη G4106
Pronunciation plánē
What does πλάνη (plánē) mean in the Bible?
πλάνη (plánē): Deception or error that leads believers astray from moral and religious truth, emphasizing the misleading nature.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4106?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include error (4), [the] error (1), deceit (1), deceitful (1), deception (1).
Where does πλάνη (plánē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:64. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (2), 1 John (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Thessalonians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It error 4× Romans 1:27, 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 3:17, Jude 1:11
[the] error 1× James 5:20
deceit 1× 1 Thessalonians 2:3
deceitful 1× Ephesians 4:14
deception 1× Matthew 27:64
delusion 1× 2 Thessalonians 2:11
of deception 1× 1 John 4:6
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 27:64 πλάνη to deception Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Romans 1:27 πλάνης to error Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Ephesians 4:14 πλάνης to deceitful Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1 Thessalonians 2:3 πλάνης to deceit Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2 Thessalonians 2:11 πλάνης to delusion Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular James 5:20 πλάνης to [the] error Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2 Peter 2:18 πλάνῃ to error Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2 Peter 3:17 πλάνῃ to error Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1 John 4:6 πλάνης to of deception Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Jude 1:11 πλάνῃ to error Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:64
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 9
Matthew 1 Romans 1 Ephesians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 2 Thessalonians 1 James 1 2 Peter 2 1 John 1 Jude 1
Source forms
πλάνης 6x planēs Romans 1:27, Ephesians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:11
πλάνῃ 3x planē 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 3:17, Jude 1:11
πλάνη 1x planē Matthew 27:64
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 6x Romans 1:27, Ephesians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:11
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 3:17, Jude 1:11
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 27:64
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deception or error that leads believers astray from moral and religious truth, emphasizing the misleading nature.
Strong's G4106
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 3 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 2 Peter 2:10b-16 Source Gloss
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Deception or error that leads believers astray from moral and religious truth, emphasizing the misleading nature.
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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:64 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
πλάνη planh
a wandering, error
Read verse Romans 1:27 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πλάνης planhv
a wandering, error
Read verse Ephesians 4:14 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πλάνης· planhv
a wandering, error
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πλάνης, planhv
a wandering, error
Read verse 2 Thessalonians 2:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πλάνης, planhv
a wandering, error
Read verse James 5:20 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πλάνης planhv
a wandering, error
Read verse 2 Peter 2:18 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πλάνῃ planh
a wandering, error
Read verse 2 Peter 3:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πλάνῃ planh
a wandering, error
Read verse 1 John 4:6 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πλάνης. planhv
a wandering, error
Read verse Jude 1:11 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πλάνῃ planh
a wandering, error
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Genitive (6) Number pattern Singular (10)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:27 · Eph 4:14 · 1 Thess 2:3 · 2 Thess 2:11 · Jas 5:20 · 1 John 4:6 6×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 2 Pet 2:18 · 2 Pet 3:17 · Jude 1:11 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
false teachers promoting moral and religious deception leading believers astray
doctrinal deception contrasted with truth, spiritual maturity and sound doctrine
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πλάνη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain