Planaō πλανάω

Planaō (Greek πλανάω, Strong's G4105) is a Greek verb meaning “to lead astray”. It occurs 39 times in 37 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Planaō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 18:12
  How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?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 hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
• Matthew 18:13
  And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
• Matthew 22:29
  Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Matthew 24:4
  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
• Matthew 24:5
  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
• Matthew 24:11
  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
• Matthew 24:24
  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

Mark

• Mark 12:24
  And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
• Mark 12:27
  He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
• Mark 13:5
  And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you.
• Mark 13:6
  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.

Luke

• Luke 21:8
  And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

John

• John 7:12
  And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
• John 7:47
  Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 6:9
  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
• 1 Corinthians 15:33
  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Galatians

• Galatians 6:7
  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 3:13
  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Titus

• Titus 3:3
  For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 3:10
  Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
• Hebrews 5:2
  Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
• Hebrews 11:38
  (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

James

• James 1:16
  Do not err, my beloved brethren.Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
• James 5:19
  Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 2:25
  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:15
  Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

1 John

• 1 John 1:8
  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• 1 John 2:26
  These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
• 1 John 3:7
  Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

Revelation

• Revelation 2:20
  Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
• Revelation 12:9
  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
• Revelation 13:14
  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
• Revelation 18:23
  And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
• Revelation 19:20
  And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Revelation 20:3
  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
• Revelation 20:8
  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
• Revelation 20:10
  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).