[B-Greek] PNEUMASI PLANOIS "seducing spirits" in 1 Tim. 4:1
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Sat Aug 19 14:06:18 EDT 2006
Dear Ted,
>This may seem like a prurient question. Trust me; it's not.
>
>1 Tim 4:1 contains the expression
>PNEUMASI PLANOIS
>
>English translations render PNEUMASI PLANOIS variously as
>"seducing spirits" (KJV ASV Young Webster HNV etc)
>or as "lying / deceiving / deceitful spirits" (NLT NIV NASB etc)
>
>Two questions:
>1. The more common sense of PLANOS appears to be "deceiving; causing
>to go astray, etc". Fine. Is there any justification for
>understanding PLANOS in the "sexual" sense of seduction, or is that
>only an accident of English translation?
>
>
HH: No, the Greek word means "deceiving."
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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