Revelation 20:8:3Rev.20.8.W3TAB
πλανῆσαι
planêsai
“to deceive”
- Transliteration
- pla-NÊ-sai
- Extended
- plah-NÊ-sai
- IPA
- /plaˈnɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to deceive
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pla-NÊ-sai
- sentence
KAI ek-se-LEU-se-tai pla-NÊ-sai ta E-thnê ta en tais TEs-sar-si gô-NI-ais tês gês ton GÔG KAI ma-GÔG sy-na-ga-GEIN au-TOUS eis ton PO-le-mon hôn ho a-rith-MOS au-TÔN hôs hê AM-mos tês tha-LAS-sês
Exegesis
The finite verb exeleusetai {ἐξελεύσεται | ex-e-leú-se-tai} is future middle, with an implied subject carried over from the context, and it is followed by the infinitive planēsai {πλανῆσαι | pla-nê-sai} functioning as a purpose infinitive, expressing the goal “to deceive.”
Root and etymology
planaōpi–lambda–alpha–nu–alpha–omega
“to cause to wander, mislead”
In context — Revelation 20:8
And he will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea.
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 20:8, so the Greek word πλανῆσαι (planêsai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.8.W3.S1) and character.