Word study · Greek

plánē

error, deception

Say it: PLAN-ay (approximate)

πλάνη

What it means

A wandering, and so being led astray, or a deception (from which we get "planet," a wandering star). In 4:14, "deceitful scheming" literally means "the scheme of error."

Range of meaning

  • ErrorA wrong path.
  • DeceitA misleading plan.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 4

    "With the craftiness of deceitful schemes" (4:14).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4106 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources