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πλανήτης
planētēs
G4107
G:A Greek

wandering

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Planetes describes stars portrayed as wandering and reserved for darkness.

The sole attested use describes stars as wandering within a clause that says darkness has been kept for them.

Senses in use

  1. Wandering stars under a dark judgment · dominant

    In Jude 1:13, πλανῆται is nominative plural masculine in the clause concerning stars for whom gloom of darkness has been kept. The APB renders the clause “wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been kept for an age.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jude 1:13, the APB presents the term in the phrase “wandering stars.” That wording confirms the clause's presentation without establishing a finer distinction.

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