Strong G1294διαστρέφω
to pervert
- Transliteration
- diastrephō
- Pronunciation
- dee-as-tref'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-στρέφω
[in LXX for הָפַךְ, עָקַשׁ, etc.;]
to distort, twist; metaphorically, to distort, pervert: Luk.23:2, Act.13:8, 10; διεστραμμένος, perverse: Mat.17:17, Luk.9:41, Act.20:30, Php.2:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX for הָפַךְ, עָקַשׁ, etc.;]
to distort, twist; metaphorically, to distort, pervert: Luk.23:2, Act.13:8, 10; διεστραμμένος, perverse: Mat.17:17, Luk.9:41, Act.20:30, Php.2:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1294 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- perverse3
- pervert2
- thing1
- turn1
First verses
- Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
- Acts 13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
- Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Acts 20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
- Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διαστρέφω,
turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.3)]; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.535a)]:—mostly passive, to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.49; ἡ ῥὶς δ. [prev. author] “Art.” 38; μέλη διεστραμμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c)]; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1109b6)]: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interpretations), εὐδαιμονίζω δ᾽ εἰ διαστραφήσομα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ᾽ εἰ δ. [prev. author] “Av.” 177)]; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 15; τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960a13; without ὄμματα, [prev. work] 9, compare 957b7)]; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opposed to ὁ τυφλός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 276.3)]; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.18.1, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 896b5: of torture, τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται “Comica Adespota” 422)]; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.190d.)]
2 metaphorically, distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 597; τοὺς νόμους 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.4; τὸν δικαστήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a24; ὑπόληψιν [prev. author] “EN” 1140b14)]; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (i.e. παθῶν) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.32 O.)]; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 46.2)]:—passive, διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit. Auct.” 24; γενεὰ διεστραμμένη)]perverse, [LXX (LXX.Deu.32.5.)]
II turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1017.)]
III obscene meaning, ={βινεῖν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 7 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.3)]; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.535a)]:—mostly passive, to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.49; ἡ ῥὶς δ. [prev. author] “Art.” 38; μέλη διεστραμμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 524c)]; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1109b6)]: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interpretations), εὐδαιμονίζω δ᾽ εἰ διαστραφήσομα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ᾽ εἰ δ. [prev. author] “Av.” 177)]; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 15; τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 960a13; without ὄμματα, [prev. work] 9, compare 957b7)]; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opposed to ὁ τυφλός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 276.3)]; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.18.1, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 896b5: of torture, τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται “Comica Adespota” 422)]; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.190d.)]
2 metaphorically, distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 597; τοὺς νόμους 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.4; τὸν δικαστήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a24; ὑπόληψιν [prev. author] “EN” 1140b14)]; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (i.e. παθῶν) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.32 O.)]; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 46.2)]:—passive, διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit. Auct.” 24; γενεὰ διεστραμμένη)]perverse, [LXX (LXX.Deu.32.5.)]
II turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1017.)]
III obscene meaning, ={βινεῖν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 7 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]