πλανάω

πλανάω fut. πλανήσω; 1 aor. ἐπλάνησα. Pass.: 1 aor. ἐπλανήθην; perf. πεπλάνημαι (s. four next entries; Hom., Aeschyl., Hdt.+; gener. notion: without fixed goal or apparent rationale).

① to cause to go astray from a specific way, act.

ⓐ lead astray, cause to wander τινά someone (Aeschyl., Prom. 573; Hdt. 4, 128 et al.) in imagery πλ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ cause someone to wander from the right way D 6:1 (for πλ. ἀπὸ τ. ὁδοῦ cp. Dt 11:28; Wsd 5:6).

ⓑ mislead, deceive τινά someone trans. sense of 1a without imagistic detail (Pla., Prot 356d, Leg. 655d al.; pap, LXX; TestAbr A 20 p. 103, 17 [Stone p. 54, 17] death deceived Abraham; TestLevi 10:2; TestJud 15:5; GrBar 4:8; Just., D. 103, 6; Orig., C. Cels. 5, 5, 29; Hippol., Ref. 6, 20, 2) Mt 24:4f, 11, 24; Mk 13:5f; J 7:12; 1J 2:26; 3:7; Rv 2:20; 12:9; 13:14; 19:20; 20:3, 8, 10; IMg 3:2; IPhld 7:1a. πλ. ἑαυτόν deceive oneself 1J 1:8. Abs. 2 Ti 3:13a.—S. 2cδ below.

② to proceed without a sense of proper direction, go astray, be misled, wander about aimlessly, pass. freq. in act. sense

ⓐ lit. (since Il. 23, 321; Gen 37:15; PsSol 17:17; ParJer 5:9; ApcrEzk P 1 verso 12; Jos., Bell. 7, 160; Iren. 1, 8, 4 [Harv. I 73, 3]) ἐπὶ (v.l. ἐν) ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι Hb 11:38. Of sheep who have become lost (Ps 118:176) Mt 18:12ab, 13. ὡς πρόβατα πλανώμενα 1 Pt 2:25 v.l.

ⓑ in imagery of people who strayed fr. the right way (cp. 1a), ὡς πρόβατα πλανώμενοι 1 Pt 2:25. ὡς πρόβατα ἐπλανήθημεν 1 Cl 16:6a (Is 53:6a; cp. also Ps 118:176). καταλείποντες εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν ἐπλανήθησαν 2 Pt 2:15. ἄνθρωπος … ἐπλανήθη everyone … went astray 1 Cl 16:6b (Is 53:6b). πλανῶνται καὶ ταλαιπωροῦσιν περιπατοῦντες ἐν ταῖς ἀνοδίαις they wander about and are miserable as they go through trackless country Hv 3, 7, 1 (ἐν as Lucian, Calumn. 1 ἐν σκότῳ; Hb 11:38 v.l.).

ⓒ fig. without the imagistic detail of 2b (cp. 1b)

α. go astray, be deluded (Cebes 6, 3; 24, 2; Orig., C. Cels. 6, 79, 41) Tit 3:3 (Dio Chrys. 4, 115 πλανῶνται … δεδουλωμέναι ἡδοναῖς); Hb 5:2; 1 Cl 39:7 (Job 5:2); 59:4; 2 Cl 15:1 (of the ψυχή as Pr 13:9a; Wsd 17:1); B 2:9; B 16:1. πλανῶνται τῇ καρδίᾳ their minds are going astray Hb 3:10 (Ps 94:10). τινὲς δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπλανήθησαν … μὴ εἰδότες but some people went astray … because they did not know Ox 1081, 21 (as restored).

β. wander away ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας (Theoph. Ant. 2, 14 [p. 136, 26]) Js 5:19 (cp. Wsd 5:6).

γ. be mistaken in one’s judgment, deceive oneself (Isocr., Ep. 6, 10 al.; Jos., Bell. 1, 209, Ant. 10, 19; PFlor 61, 16; 2 Macc 7:18; ApcEsdr 2:28 [p. 26, 22 Tdf.]; Ar. 4, 2 al.; Hippol., Ref. 5, 8, 1; Theoph. Ant. 1, 11 [p. 82, 13]) Mt 22:29; Mk 12:24; Hv 2, 4, 1. πολὺ πλανᾶσθε you are very much mistaken Mk 12:27. μὴ πλανᾶσθε make no mistake (Epict. 4, 6, 23) 1 Cor 6:9; Gal 6:7; Js 1:16. ἐν πᾶσιν πεπλανήμεθα we are wholly mistaken B 15:6 (cp. Hero Alex. III p. 214, 2 ἐν μηδενὶ πλανᾶσθαι).

δ. be deceived, be misled πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι deceivers (of others) and (themselves) deceived 2 Ti 3:13 (cp. Herm. Wr. 16, 16 ὁ πλανώμενος κ. πλανῶν).—Let oneself be misled, deceived (s. Gildersleeve, Syntax I§167 on the ‘permissive’ pass.; Bel 7 Theod.; JosAs 13:10; Just., D. 118, 3) Mt 24:24 v.l.; Lk 21:8; J 7:47; Rv 18:23. μὴ πλανᾶσθε 1 Cor 15:33; IEph 16:1; IMg 8:1; IPhld 3:3. μηδεὶς πλανάσθω IEph 5:2; ISm 6:1. τὸ πνεῦμα οὐ πλανᾶται the Spirit is not led into error IPhld 7:1b. ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄφεως πλανᾶται he is deceived by the serpent or he lets himself be misled by the serpent Dg 12:6 (UPZ 70, 28 [152/151 B.C.] πλανώμενοι ὑπὸ τ. θεῶν; Alex. Aphr., Fat. 12 p. 180, 25 Br. ὑπὸ τ. φύσεως).—Schmidt, Syn. I 547–62. DELG s.v. πλανάομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW.