Strong's Lexicon
G654 — ἀποστρέφω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G654 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποστρέφω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G4762 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | apostrepho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-os-tref'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to turn away or back {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | bring again, pervert, turn away (from) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποστρέφω; future ἀποστρέψω; 1 aorist ἀπέστρεψα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεστράφην; (present middle ἀποστρέφομαι; from Homer down);
1. to turn away: τινα or τί ἀπό τίνος, 2Ti 4:4 (τήν ἀκοήν ἀπό τῆς ἀληθείας); to remove anything from anyone, Rom 11:26 (Isa 59:20); ἀποστρέφειν τινα simply, to turn him away from allegiance to anyone, tempt to defection (A. V. pervert), Luk 23:14.
2. to turn back, return, bring back: Mat 26:52 (put back thy sword into its sheath); Mat 27:3, of Judas bringing back the shekels, where T Tr WH ἔστρεψε (cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Jos. § 17). (In the same sense for äÅùÄÑéá, Gen 14:16; Gen 28:15; Gen 43:11 (), (), etc.; Bar 1:8 Bar 2:34, etc.)
3. intransitive, to turn oneself away, turn back, return: ἀπό τῶν πονηριῶν, Act 3:26, cf. Act 3:19 (ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir 8:5 Sir 17:21 (26 Tdf.); to return from a place, Gen 18:33; 1Ma 11:54, etc.; (see Kneucker on Bar 1:13); Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 12); cf. Meyer on Acts, the passage cited; (others, (with A. V.) take it actively here: in turning away every one of you, etc.).
4. Middle, with 2 aorist passive, to turn oneself away from, with an accusative of the object (cf. (Jelf, § 548 obs. 1; Krüger, § 47, 23, 1); Buttmann, 192 (166)); to reject, refuse: τινα, Mat 5:42; Heb 12:25; τήν ἀλήθειαν, Tit 1:14; in the sense of deserting, τινα, 2Ti 1:15.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποστρέφω (bring again)
Matthew 5:42
- KJV: Give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away
- GK: τω αιτούντί σε δίδου και τον θέλοντα από σου δανείσασθαι μη αποστραφής
Matthew 26:52
- KJV: Then said Jesus unto him Put up again thy sword into his place for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword
- GK: τότε λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς απόστρεψόν σου την μάχαιραν εις τον τόπον αυτής πάντες γαρ οι λαβόντες μάχαιραν εν μαχαίρα αποθανούνται
Matthew 27:3
- KJV: Then Judas which had betrayed him when he saw that he was condemned repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders
- GK: τότε ιδών Ιούδας ο παραδιδούς αυτόν ότι κατεκρίθη μεταμεληθείς απέστρεψε τα τριάκοντα αργύρια τοις αρχιερεύσι και τοις πρεσβυτέροις
Luke 23:14
- KJV: Said unto them Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people and behold I having examined before you have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him
- GK: είπεν προς αυτούς προσηνέγκατέ μοι τον άνθρωπον τούτον ως αποστρέφοντα τον λαόν και ιδού εγώ ενώπιον υμών ανακρίνας ουδέν εύρον εν τω ανθρώπω τούτω αίτιον ων κατηγορείτε κατ΄ αυτού
Acts 3:26
- KJV: Unto you first God having raised up his Son Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquities
- GK: υμίν πρώτον ο θεός αναστήσας τον παίδα αυτού Ιησούν απέστειλεν αυτόν ευλογούντα υμάς εν τω αποστρέφειν έκαστον από των πονηριών υμών
Romans 11:26
- KJV: And so all Israel shall be saved as it is written There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob
- GK: και ούτω πας Ισραήλ σωθήσεται καθώς γέγραπται ήξει εκ Σιών ο ρυόμενος και αποστρέψει ασεβείας από Ιακώβ
2 Timothy 1:15
- KJV: This thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes
- GK: οίδας τούτο ότι απεστράφησάν με πάντες οι εν τη Ασία ων εστί Φύγελλος και Ερμογένης
2 Timothy 4:4
- KJV: And they shall turn away ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables
- GK: και από μεν της αληθείας την ακοήν αποστρέψουσιν επί δε τους μύθους εκτραπήσονται
Titus 1:14
- KJV: Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men that turn from the truth
- GK: μη προσέχοντες Ιουδαϊκοίς μύθοις και εντολαίς ανθρώπων αποστρεφομένων την αλήθειαν
Hebrews 12:25
- KJV: See that ye refuse not him that speaketh For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth much more we if we turn away from him that from heaven
- GK: βλέπετε μη παραιτήσησθε τον λαλούντα ει γαρ εκείνοι ουκ έφυγον τον επί γης παραιτησάμενοι χρηματίζοντα πολλώ μάλλον ημείς οι τον απ΄ ουρανών αποστρεφόμενοι