Strong G4762στρέφω
to turn
- Transliteration
- strephō
- Pronunciation
- stref'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist that is turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively): - convert turn (again back again self self about).
Detailed definition
στρέφω
[in LXX chiefly for הָפַךְ, also for סָבַב, etc.;]
to turn: with accusative of thing(s) dative of person(s), Mat.5:39; = ἀποσ-, to bring back, Mat.27:3 (cf. Isa.38:8); reflexively (WM, § 38, 1), to turn oneself, Act.7:42; with accusative before εἰς, = μετασ-, to change, Rev.11:6. Pass., reflexive, to turn oneself: before εἰς, Jhn.20:14, Act.7:39 13:46; ptcp., στραφείς, with indic., Mat.7:6 9:22 16:23, Luk.7:9 9:55 14:25 22:61, Jhn.1:38 20:16; id. before πρός, Luk.7:44 10:22 (WH, R, om.), Luk.7:23 23:28; metaphorically, to change: absol., Mat.18:3, Jhn.12:40 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στρέφω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for הָפַךְ, also for סָבַב, etc.;]
to turn: with accusative of thing(s) dative of person(s), Mat.5:39; = ἀποσ-, to bring back, Mat.27:3 (cf. Isa.38:8); reflexively (WM, § 38, 1), to turn oneself, Act.7:42; with accusative before εἰς, = μετασ-, to change, Rev.11:6. Pass., reflexive, to turn oneself: before εἰς, Jhn.20:14, Act.7:39 13:46; ptcp., στραφείς, with indic., Mat.7:6 9:22 16:23, Luk.7:9 9:55 14:25 22:61, Jhn.1:38 20:16; id. before πρός, Luk.7:44 10:22 (WH, R, om.), Luk.7:23 23:28; metaphorically, to change: absol., Mat.18:3, Jhn.12:40 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στρέφω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4762 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- turn17
- convert1
First verses
- Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matthew 16:23But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
- Matthew 18:3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 7:9When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- Luke 7:44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
- Luke 9:55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
- Luke 10:23And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
- Luke 14:25And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
- Luke 22:61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
- Luke 23:28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
- John 1:38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
- John 20:14And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
- John 20:16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
- Acts 7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
- Acts 7:42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Revelation 11:6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στρέφω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.323, etc.)]; Doric dialect στράφω [ᾰ] [Refs (“IG” 12(3).92.6 (Nisyrus, uncertain))]; Aeolic dialect στροφῶ (to be read στρόφω) [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 728.44)]: Epic dialect imperfect
A στρέψασκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.546)]: future στρέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1152, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἔστρεψα [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1243, etc.)], Epic dialect στρέψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.520:)]perfect ἔστροφα (ἀν-) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 17.30, (ἀντ-, variant{ἀν-}) Theognetus Comicus 1.8, (ἐπ-) 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.6, (μετ-) 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.435 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; also ἔστρᾰφα (κατ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.11.2)] codices:—middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.488, etc.)]: future στρέψομαι [Refs (6.516, etc.)]: aorist ἐστρεψάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1416, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.94, etc.:)]perfect passive (in middle sense) ἔστραμμαι (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.21)]:—passive, future στρᾰφήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.10.6, (ἀνα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.64, (δια-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 175, “Av.” 177, (μετα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518d)]; future middle (in passive sense) στρέψομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.36:)]aorist 1 ἐστρέφθην frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, +others)], rare in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1128, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273e)]; Doric dialect ἐστράφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 88, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.132, also variant (for κατεστράφησαν) in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.130 (but στραφῆναι [prev. author] 3.129):)]aorist 2 ἐστράφην [ᾰ] [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 37.6, always in Trag., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 315, etc.)], frequently in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 537 (μετα-), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.97 (κατα-), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 77b)]: perfect ἔστραμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 411, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.15, etc.; ἔστρεμμαι 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus “Ars astronomica” 12.10 (Papyrus), compare ἀποστρέφω, καταστρέφω)]:—turn about or aside, ἂψ δὲ θεοὶ οὖρον στρέψαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.520)]; ἵππους σ. turn horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.168, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.205, etc.; σ. πηδάλιον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 40; τὸν οἴακα 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 4.5, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 482.4; σάκος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 575)]; of persons, ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολὰς στρέψασα σαυτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 708; πρόσωπον πρὸς κασίγνητον στρέφε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 457, compare “Hec.” 344; πάλιν στρέψεις κάρα [prev. author] “Med.” 1152; ὄμμα πανταχῇ στρέφων [prev. author] “IT” 68; σ. ἀνταυγεῖς κόρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 902; σεαυτὸν εἰς πονηρὰ πράγματα [prev. author] “Nu.” 1455; πόλιν πρὸς κέρδος ἴδιον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 413; στρατὸν πρὸς ἀλκήν [prev. author] “Andr.” 1149)]; wheel soldiers round, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 11.9)]; see below [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
A.2 cause to rotate as on an axis, κεραμικὴν γαῖαν σ., i.e. on the potter's wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 4; τὸν ἄτρακτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12; τὸν κόσμον μήτε αὐτὸν στρέφειν ἑαυτόν, μήτε.. ὑπὸ θεοῦ στρέφεσθαι διττὰς περιαγωγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269e, compare “Epin.” 977b.)]
A.II πάντ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω σ. turn upside down, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651)]; κάτω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 717, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 733; σ. λόγους ἄνω καὶ κάτω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511a, compare “Euthd.” 276d)]; ἄνω κάτω τοὺς νόμους σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91; so δίκα καὶ πάντα πάλιν στρέφεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 411 (Lyric poetry))]; στρέφειν alone, overturn, upset, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 1166, “fragment” 536 (troch.))]; γῆν σ. turn it over by digging or ploughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.15: with _accusative_ _cognate_, πάσας σ. στροφάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 43e)]; γράμματα πανταχῇ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 414c)]: with infinitive, change a thing so as to.. , εὔκλειαν ἔχειν βιοτὰν στρέψουσι φᾶμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 416 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.III σ. σφυρόν sprain or dislocate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 29.2, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.15.4 (so στραφῆναι τὸν πόδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 789e).)]
A.III.2 metaphorically of pain, twist, torture, κακὸν στρέφει με περὶ τὴν γαστέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 177, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1131, “fragment” 462, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.44 (_passive_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.141; βρέμει ἡ κοιλίη καὶ στρέφει καὶ βορβορύζει 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 6: so σ. τὴν ψυχήν)] torment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e.)]
A.III.3 of corruptions in Music, κάμπτων καὶ στρέφων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15.)]
A.IV twist, plait, σπάρτα ἐστραμμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.15; ἐμβολάδην ἐστραμμέναι ἀλλήλῃσι “hymnus ad Mercurium” 411)]; spin, ὑπὸ μακρῷ λίνῳ στρεφομένη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JConf.” 7, compare 1; ἔστρεψεν Μοιρῶν μία νήματα “IG” 14.607i (from Caralis))]; κρόκην σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 12: _metaphorically_, μεγάλας σ. περιόδους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.235e.)]
A.V technical term of wrestlers, twist the adversary back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.155: _metaphorically_, ἔριδα σ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.93.)]
A.VI metaphorically, turn a thing over in one's mind, τί στρέφω τάδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 750; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 8; βουλὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.48; τὸ πρᾶγμα πανταχῇ στρέφων ἀγαγεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116.)]
A.VII return, give back, ἀργύριά τισι [NT (NT.Matt.27.3.)]
A.VIII convert, τὴν πέτραν εἰς λίμνας ὑδάτων [LXX (LXX.Psa.113(114).8, compare 29(30).12, LXX.Exo.4.17)]; στραφήσῃ εἰς ἄνδρα ἄλλον[LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.6)]; transmute metals,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.195 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
A.IX falsa lectio for{τρέπω} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.20.)]
B passive and middle, twist or turn oneself, στρεφθείς having turned face upward, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.435)]; turn round or about, turn to and fro, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, 575, etc.; ἔν τε κύνεσσι κάπριος ἠὲ λέων στρέφεται 12.42)]; ἐστρέφετ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, of one tossing in bed, [Refs (24.5)]; τί δυσκολαίνεις καὶ στρέφει τὴν νύχθ᾽ ὅλη; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 36, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 20.4)]; of patients, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.664.)]
B.2 turn to or from an object, ἔμελλε στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.516, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.352)]; στρεφθεὶς μετόπισθεν turning back, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.645)]; return, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1648, “Ant.” 315, etc.; στραφέντες ἔφευγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.63, “An.” 3.5.1)]; ποῖ στρέφε; whither away? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 230, 610.)]
B.3 of the heavenly bodies, revolve, circle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.274, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 40b)]; of the distaff, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 617a)]; of a joint, ἐν ἄρθροις σ. κοτυληδών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1495.)]
B.II turn or twist about, like a wrestler trying to elude his adversary: hence, in argument, twist and turn, shuffle, τί ταῦτα στρέφε; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 385)]; τί δῆτα ἔχων στρέφε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236e, etc.)]; πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι twist every way, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 405c, compare “Euthd.” 302b.)]
B.II.2 turn and change, κἂν σοῦ στραφείη θυμός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1134)]; στρεφόμενα λέγων things that tell both ways, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 8.15: with _genitive_ causae, τοῦ δὲ σοῦ ψόφου οὐκ ἂν στραφείην)] I would not turn for any noise of thine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1117.)]
B.III to be always engaged in or about, ἐν τούτοις στρέφεται καὶ ἑλίττεται ἡ δόξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b; περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γένος στρέφεται ἡ σοφιστική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004b22, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2p.124S.)]
B.III.2 generally, to be at large, go about, ἀνειμένη στρέφει [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 516; ἐν κυσὶν.. ἐστράφην λύκος 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 37.6; στρέφεσθαι περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.139 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; of things, to be rife, ταῦτα μὲν ἐν δήμῳ στρέφεται κακά [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.23.)]
B.III.3 of places, τόποι ἐπὶ.. τὰς ἄρκτους ἐστραμμένοι turned, lying towards.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.15.8, etc.)]
C in strict middle sense, turn about with oneself, take back, στράτευμ᾽ ἐς Ἄργος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1416.)]
D intransitive in active, like passive, turn about, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.544, 546, where, however, ζεύγεα may be supplied from 543, as may ὄϊς in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.528, and ἵππους in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.18)]; of soldiers, wheel about, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.3.26 and 32; στρέψαντες ἀπεχώρουν [prev. author] “Ages.” 2.3)]; ποῖ στροφαὶ.. μανιῶν στρέφουσ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 224)]; τὸν στρέφοντα κύκλον ἡλίου revolving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 738, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1154)]; στρέψαι δεῦρ᾽, of the Comic Chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 92)]; στρέψον τι, δούλη withdraw a little, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.8; ἔστρεψεν ὁ θεός NT.Act.7.42.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.323, etc.)]; Doric dialect στράφω [ᾰ] [Refs (“IG” 12(3).92.6 (Nisyrus, uncertain))]; Aeolic dialect στροφῶ (to be read στρόφω) [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 728.44)]: Epic dialect imperfect
A στρέψασκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.546)]: future στρέψω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1152, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἔστρεψα [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1243, etc.)], Epic dialect στρέψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.520:)]perfect ἔστροφα (ἀν-) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 17.30, (ἀντ-, variant{ἀν-}) Theognetus Comicus 1.8, (ἐπ-) 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.6, (μετ-) 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.435 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; also ἔστρᾰφα (κατ-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.11.2)] codices:—middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.488, etc.)]: future στρέψομαι [Refs (6.516, etc.)]: aorist ἐστρεψάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1416, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.94, etc.:)]perfect passive (in middle sense) ἔστραμμαι (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.21)]:—passive, future στρᾰφήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.10.6, (ἀνα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.64, (δια-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 175, “Av.” 177, (μετα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518d)]; future middle (in passive sense) στρέψομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.36:)]aorist 1 ἐστρέφθην frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, +others)], rare in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1128, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 273e)]; Doric dialect ἐστράφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 88, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.132, also variant (for κατεστράφησαν) in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.130 (but στραφῆναι [prev. author] 3.129):)]aorist 2 ἐστράφην [ᾰ] [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 37.6, always in Trag., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 315, etc.)], frequently in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 537 (μετα-), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.97 (κατα-), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 77b)]: perfect ἔστραμμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 411, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.15, etc.; ἔστρεμμαι 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus “Ars astronomica” 12.10 (Papyrus), compare ἀποστρέφω, καταστρέφω)]:—turn about or aside, ἂψ δὲ θεοὶ οὖρον στρέψαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.520)]; ἵππους σ. turn horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.168, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.205, etc.; σ. πηδάλιον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 40; τὸν οἴακα 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 4.5, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 482.4; σάκος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 575)]; of persons, ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολὰς στρέψασα σαυτήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 708; πρόσωπον πρὸς κασίγνητον στρέφε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 457, compare “Hec.” 344; πάλιν στρέψεις κάρα [prev. author] “Med.” 1152; ὄμμα πανταχῇ στρέφων [prev. author] “IT” 68; σ. ἀνταυγεῖς κόρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 902; σεαυτὸν εἰς πονηρὰ πράγματα [prev. author] “Nu.” 1455; πόλιν πρὸς κέρδος ἴδιον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 413; στρατὸν πρὸς ἀλκήν [prev. author] “Andr.” 1149)]; wheel soldiers round, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 11.9)]; see below [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
A.2 cause to rotate as on an axis, κεραμικὴν γαῖαν σ., i.e. on the potter's wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sannyrio Comicus 4; τὸν ἄτρακτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12; τὸν κόσμον μήτε αὐτὸν στρέφειν ἑαυτόν, μήτε.. ὑπὸ θεοῦ στρέφεσθαι διττὰς περιαγωγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269e, compare “Epin.” 977b.)]
A.II πάντ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω σ. turn upside down, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 651)]; κάτω σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 717, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 733; σ. λόγους ἄνω καὶ κάτω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511a, compare “Euthd.” 276d)]; ἄνω κάτω τοὺς νόμους σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91; so δίκα καὶ πάντα πάλιν στρέφεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 411 (Lyric poetry))]; στρέφειν alone, overturn, upset, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 1166, “fragment” 536 (troch.))]; γῆν σ. turn it over by digging or ploughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 16.15: with _accusative_ _cognate_, πάσας σ. στροφάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 43e)]; γράμματα πανταχῇ σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 414c)]: with infinitive, change a thing so as to.. , εὔκλειαν ἔχειν βιοτὰν στρέψουσι φᾶμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 416 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.III σ. σφυρόν sprain or dislocate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 29.2, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.15.4 (so στραφῆναι τὸν πόδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 789e).)]
A.III.2 metaphorically of pain, twist, torture, κακὸν στρέφει με περὶ τὴν γαστέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 177, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1131, “fragment” 462, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.44 (_passive_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.141; βρέμει ἡ κοιλίη καὶ στρέφει καὶ βορβορύζει 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 6: so σ. τὴν ψυχήν)] torment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e.)]
A.III.3 of corruptions in Music, κάμπτων καὶ στρέφων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.15.)]
A.IV twist, plait, σπάρτα ἐστραμμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.15; ἐμβολάδην ἐστραμμέναι ἀλλήλῃσι “hymnus ad Mercurium” 411)]; spin, ὑπὸ μακρῷ λίνῳ στρεφομένη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JConf.” 7, compare 1; ἔστρεψεν Μοιρῶν μία νήματα “IG” 14.607i (from Caralis))]; κρόκην σ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 12: _metaphorically_, μεγάλας σ. περιόδους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.235e.)]
A.V technical term of wrestlers, twist the adversary back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.155: _metaphorically_, ἔριδα σ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.93.)]
A.VI metaphorically, turn a thing over in one's mind, τί στρέφω τάδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 750; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 8; βουλὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.48; τὸ πρᾶγμα πανταχῇ στρέφων ἀγαγεῖν ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.116.)]
A.VII return, give back, ἀργύριά τισι [NT (NT.Matt.27.3.)]
A.VIII convert, τὴν πέτραν εἰς λίμνας ὑδάτων [LXX (LXX.Psa.113(114).8, compare 29(30).12, LXX.Exo.4.17)]; στραφήσῃ εἰς ἄνδρα ἄλλον[LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.6)]; transmute metals,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.195 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
A.IX falsa lectio for{τρέπω} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.20.)]
B passive and middle, twist or turn oneself, στρεφθείς having turned face upward, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.435)]; turn round or about, turn to and fro, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40, 575, etc.; ἔν τε κύνεσσι κάπριος ἠὲ λέων στρέφεται 12.42)]; ἐστρέφετ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, of one tossing in bed, [Refs (24.5)]; τί δυσκολαίνεις καὶ στρέφει τὴν νύχθ᾽ ὅλη; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 36, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 20.4)]; of patients, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.664.)]
B.2 turn to or from an object, ἔμελλε στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.516, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.352)]; στρεφθεὶς μετόπισθεν turning back, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.645)]; return, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1648, “Ant.” 315, etc.; στραφέντες ἔφευγον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.63, “An.” 3.5.1)]; ποῖ στρέφε; whither away? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 230, 610.)]
B.3 of the heavenly bodies, revolve, circle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.274, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 40b)]; of the distaff, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 617a)]; of a joint, ἐν ἄρθροις σ. κοτυληδών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1495.)]
B.II turn or twist about, like a wrestler trying to elude his adversary: hence, in argument, twist and turn, shuffle, τί ταῦτα στρέφε; [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 385)]; τί δῆτα ἔχων στρέφε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236e, etc.)]; πάσας στροφὰς στρέφεσθαι twist every way, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 405c, compare “Euthd.” 302b.)]
B.II.2 turn and change, κἂν σοῦ στραφείη θυμός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1134)]; στρεφόμενα λέγων things that tell both ways, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 8.15: with _genitive_ causae, τοῦ δὲ σοῦ ψόφου οὐκ ἂν στραφείην)] I would not turn for any noise of thine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1117.)]
B.III to be always engaged in or about, ἐν τούτοις στρέφεται καὶ ἑλίττεται ἡ δόξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b; περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γένος στρέφεται ἡ σοφιστική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004b22, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2p.124S.)]
B.III.2 generally, to be at large, go about, ἀνειμένη στρέφει [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 516; ἐν κυσὶν.. ἐστράφην λύκος 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 37.6; στρέφεσθαι περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.139 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; of things, to be rife, ταῦτα μὲν ἐν δήμῳ στρέφεται κακά [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.23.)]
B.III.3 of places, τόποι ἐπὶ.. τὰς ἄρκτους ἐστραμμένοι turned, lying towards.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.15.8, etc.)]
C in strict middle sense, turn about with oneself, take back, στράτευμ᾽ ἐς Ἄργος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1416.)]
D intransitive in active, like passive, turn about, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.544, 546, where, however, ζεύγεα may be supplied from 543, as may ὄϊς in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.528, and ἵππους in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.18)]; of soldiers, wheel about, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.3.26 and 32; στρέψαντες ἀπεχώρουν [prev. author] “Ages.” 2.3)]; ποῖ στροφαὶ.. μανιῶν στρέφουσ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 224)]; τὸν στρέφοντα κύκλον ἡλίου revolving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 738, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1154)]; στρέψαι δεῦρ᾽, of the Comic Chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 92)]; στρέψον τι, δούλη withdraw a little, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.8; ἔστρεψεν ὁ θεός NT.Act.7.42.)]