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a-strā´ (תּעה, tā‛aÌ„h, “to wander,†“to errâ€; πλαναÌομαι, planaÌomai, “to go astray,†each carrying the idea of being lost): With one exception ( “his ass going astrayâ€) used metaphorically of moral wandering, going astray in paths of error and sin, like “sheep going astray†( the King James Version; ; ). This wandering may be due (1) to inherent evil (); (2) to false shepherds (); contrast the beautiful and classic passage, , , the Son of man () seeketh that which is gone astray. No word more vividly portrays sin as a straying, a separation from God. To be morally “astray†is to be “lost.â€