Strong's Greek · G4106
πλάνη
plánē
deceit, to deceive, delusion, error
Definition
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
Derivation
feminine of G4108 (πλάνος) (as abstractly);
Appears 10 times in Scripture
“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.””
“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.”
“For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.”
“Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.”
“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.”
“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.”
“Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their 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.”
“Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).