Strong's Lexicon
G4062
G4062 — περιτρέπω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4062 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιτρέπω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and the base of G5157 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | peritrepo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-trep'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to turn around 2. (mentally) to craze |
| KJV Renderings: | + make mad |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιτρέπω; to turn about (περί, III. 1), to turn; to transfer or change by turning: τί or τινα εἰς τί, a person or thing into some state; once so in the N. T. viz. σε εἰς μανίαν περιτρέπει, is turning thee mad, Act 26:24; τούς παρόντας εἰς χαράν περιεστρεψε, Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 4; τό θεῖον εἰς ὀργήν περιτραπεν, 2, 14, 1. In various other uses in Greek authors (from Lysias, and Plato on).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιτρέπω (+ make mad)
Acts 26:24
- KJV: And as he thus spake for himself Festus said with a loud voice Paul thou art beside thyself much learning doth make thee mad
- GK: ταύτα δε αυτού απολογουμένου ο Φήστος μεγάλη τη φωνή έφη μαίνη Παύλε τα πολλά σε γράμματα εις μανίαν περιτρέπει