πλάνη
planē
“error”
Definition
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
feminine of G4108 (πλάνος) (as abstractly);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
πλάνη appears 10 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
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