planos describes a person or influence presented as misleading others in the cited verses.

The attested uses describe persons characterized as misleading, including a singular figure and plural opponents; one occurrence extends the description to spirits in connection with teachings. The supplied forms therefore show the term applied both to human figures and to influences identified as deceiving.

1. Misleading persons · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 6:8, the nominative plural form occurs in the contrast “as deceivers and yet true.” In 2 John 1:7, nominative plural and singular forms identify those who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh, and the APB renders the clause “many deceivers have gone out into the world”; Matthew 27:63 uses the nominative singular form for the person whose statement is recalled.

   2 Corinthians 6:82 John 1:7Matthew 27:63
2. Misleading spiritual influences · occasional

   In 1 Timothy 4:1, the dative plural neuter form modifies “spirits” in the clause about some departing from the faith by paying attention to them; the APB renders the phrase “deceiving spirits and teachings of demons.”

   1 Timothy 4:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “deceivers” for the plural human references and “that deceiver” for the singular reference, while 1 Timothy 4:1 has “deceiving spirits.” These renderings confirm the verses' presentations without fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.