Err
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
in the Active Voice, signifies "to cause to wander, lead astray, deceive" (plane, "a wandering;" cp. Eng., "planet"); in the Passive Voice, "to be led astray, to err." It is translated "err," in Matthew 22:29; Mark 12:24,27; Hebrews 3:10; James 1:16 (AV, "do not err," RV, "be not deceived"); 5:19. See Deceive , Seduce , Wander , Way , Note (5).
"to cause to wander away from, to lead astray from" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used metaphorically of leading into error, Mark 13:22 , AV, "seduce," RV, "lead astray;" 1—Timothy 6:10 , in the Passive Voice, AV, "have erred," RV, "have been led astray." See Seduce.
"to miss the mark, fail" (a, negative, stochos, "a mark"), is used only in the Pastoral Epistles, 1—Timothy 1:6 , "having swerved;" 1—Timothy 6:21; 2—Timothy 2:18 , "have erred." See Swerve.
King James Dictionary [2]
Err, L erro.
1. To wander from the right way to deviate from the true course or purpose.
But errs not nature from this gracious end,
From burning suns when livid deaths descend?
2. To miss the right way, in morals or religion to deviate from the path or line of duty to stray by design or mistake.
We have erred and strayed like lost sheep.
3. To mistake to commit error to do wrong from ignorance or inattention. Men err in judgment from ignorance, from want of attention to facts, or from previous bias of mind. 4. To wander to ramble.
A storm of strokes, well meant, with fury flies,
And errs about their temples,ears, and eyes.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. i.) To offend, as by erring.
(2): ( v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
(3): ( v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
(4): ( v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
(5): ( v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
