[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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