# astray

## Related Ideas:

draw away, make a mistake, mislead, mistaken, wander

## Definition:

The terms "stray" and "go astray" mean to disobey God's will. People who are "led astray" have allowed other people or circumstances to influence them to disobey God.

* The word "astray" gives a picture of leaving a clear path or a place of safety to go down a wrong and dangerous path.
* Sheep who leave the pasture of their shepherd have "strayed." God compares sinful people to sheep who have left him and "gone astray."
* To "draw away" someone or "mislead" someone is to lead him astray.

## Picture of Ashtray:

<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/a/Astray_line.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/a/Astray_line.png" ></a>

## Translation Suggestions:

* The phrase "go astray" could be translated as "go away from God" or "take a wrong path away from God's will" or "stop obeying God" or "live in a way that goes away from God."
* To "lead someone astray" could be translated as "cause someone to disobey God" or "influence someone to stop obeying God" or "cause someone to follow you down a wrong path."

(See also: [disobey](../other/disobey.md), [shepherd](../other/shepherd.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 John 03:07](rc://en/tn/help/1jn/03/07)
* [2 Timothy 03:13](rc://en/tn/help/2ti/03/13)
* [Exodus 23:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/exo/23/04)
* [Ezekiel 48:10-12](rc://en/tn/help/ezk/48/10)
* [Matthew 18:13](rc://en/tn/help/mat/18/13)
* [Matthew 24:05](rc://en/tn/help/mat/24/05)
* [Psalms 058:03](rc://en/tn/help/psa/058/03)
* [Psalms 119:110](rc://en/tn/help/psa/119/110)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H5074, H5080, H7683, H7686, H8582, G1294, G4105, G5351

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

astray, drawn away, go astray, goes astray, gone astray, lead ... astray, leads ... astray, led ... astray, made ... mistake, mislead, misleading, misleads, misled, mistaken, stray, strayed, straying, strays, wander, went astray

