Greek semantic word

ἀποστρέφω

Transliteration: apostrepho

8 lexical sense(s); 9 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to cause to turn away from, to cause to change one’s belief, to mislead

to cause someone to turn away from a previous belief

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-01
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to lead astray, to pervert, to mislead

to cause someone to depart from correct behavior and thus engage in serious wrongdoing

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-02
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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Sense 3: to return, to put back

to cause something to be in a place where it was formerly

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-03
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Sense 4: to change, to turn into, to remove from

to cause something to turn into or to become something else or to become removed from something or someone

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-04
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Sense 5: to stop, to cease, to reject

(a figurative extension of meaning of ποστρφω ‘to cause to turn back from,’ not occurring in the NT) to cease doing something, with the implication of rejection

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-05
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Sense 6: to turn away from, to reject

to no longer continue to believe as one has and hence to turn away from or to reject a previous set of beliefs

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-06
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Sense 7: to fall away, to forsake, to turn away

to abandon a former relationship or association, or to dissociate (a type of reversal of beginning to associate)[source note 1]

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-07
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 8: to refuse to help

to refuse to provide help to someone

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-000648-08
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-000648
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1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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