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Lexicon :: Strong's G4762 - strephō

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στρέφω
Transliteration
strephō (Key)
Pronunciation
stref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Strengthened from the base of τροπή (G5157)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:714,1093

Strong’s Definitions

στρέφω stréphō, stref'-o; strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively):—convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4762 in the following manner: turn (11x), turn (one's) self (2x), turn (one) (1x), turn again (1x), turn back again (1x), turn (one) about (1x), be converted (1x), variations of 'turn' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G4762 in the following manner: turn (11x), turn (one's) self (2x), turn (one) (1x), turn again (1x), turn back again (1x), turn (one) about (1x), be converted (1x), variations of 'turn' (1x).

  1. to turn, turn around

  2. to turn one's self (i.e. to turn the back to one

    1. of one who no longer cares for another)

    2. metaph. to turn one's self from one's course of conduct, i.e. to change one's mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρέφω stréphō, stref'-o; strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively):—convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about).
STRONGS G4762:
στρέφω: 1 aorist ἐστρεψα; passive, present στρέφομαι; 2 aorist ἐστράφην; from Homer down; the Sept. for הָפַך, also for שָׂבַב, etc.; to turn, turn round: τί τίνι, to turn a thing to one, Matthew 5:39, and T Tr WH in Matthew 27:3 (for ἀποστρέφω, to bring back; see ἀποστρέφω, 2); reflexively (Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, § 130, 4), to turn oneself (i. e. to turn the back to one; used of one who no longer cares for another), Acts 7:42 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)); τί εἰς τί, equivalent to μεταστρέφω, to turn one thing into another, Revelation 11:6. Passive reflexively, to turn oneself: στραφείς followed by a finite verb, having turned etc., Matthew 7:6; (Matthew 9:22 L T Tr WH); Matt. 16:23; Luke 7:9; Luke 9:55; Luke 14:25; Luke 22:61; John 1:38; John 20:16; στραφείς πρός τινα, followed by a finite verb (turning unto etc., or turned unto and etc.), Luke 7:44; Luke 10:21 (Luke 10:22) (Rst L T), Luke 10:23; Luke 23:28; στρέφεσθαι εἰς τά ὀπίσω, to turn oneself back, John 20:14; εἰς τά ἔθνη, Acts 13:46; ἐστράφησαν (ἐν L T Tr WH) ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον (R. V. they turned back in their hearts unto Egypt) i. e. to their condition there, Acts 7:39; absolutely and tropically, to turn oneself namely, from one's course of conduct, i. e. to change one's mind (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above): Matthew 18:3 and L T Tr WH in John 12:40. (Compare: ἀναστρέφω, ἀποστρέφω, διαστρέφω, ἐκστρέφω, ἐπιστρέφω, καταστρέφω, μεταστρέφω, σὑν᾿στρέφω, ὑποστρέφω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:39; 7:6; 9:22; 16:23; 18:3; 27:3
Luke
7:9; 7:44; 9:55; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 14:25; 22:61; 23:28
John
1:38; 12:40; 20:14; 20:16
Acts
7:39; 7:42; 13:46
Revelation
11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4762 matches the Greek στρέφω (strephō),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharao early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and thou shalt meet him on the bank of the river, and thou shalt take in thine hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - And the Spirit of the Lord shall [fn]come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - And Saul received the kingdom, by lot he inherits the office of ruling over Israel: and he fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against the children of Edom, and against Bæthæor, and against the king of Suba, and against the Philistines: whithersoever he turned, he was victorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - And he said to her, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned from me and became my brother's: for it was appointed to him from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - In both the doors were planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned on hinges,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that thou art the Lord God, and thou hast turned back the heart of this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - Who discovers their works, and will bring night about upon them, and they shall be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:25 - (LXX 41:17) And when he turns, he is a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - (LXX 29:12) Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - (LXX 31:4) For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a [fn]thorn was fastened in me. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - (LXX 40:4) May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - (LXX 77:9) The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting with the bow, turned back in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - (LXX 113:3) The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - (LXX 113:8) who turned the rock into pools of water, and the [fn]flint into fountains of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7 - When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 - And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they disobeyed, and provoked his Holy Spirit: so he turned to be an enemy, he himself contended against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - They said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: and they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions they will say, Arise, and save us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - (LXX 37:6) Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and ask concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and look for safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; their faces are turned to paleness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:23 - (LXX 37:23) For the wrathful anger of the Lord has gone forth, even a whirlwind of anger has gone forth: it shall come upon the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - (LXX 38:13) Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - (LXX 31:39) How has he changed! how has Moab turned his back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing-stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Rhechs. Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: my belly is troubled, and my heart is turned within me; for I have been grievously rebellious: abroad the sword has bereaved me, even as death at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, and thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And, behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips; and I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O my lord, at the sight of thee my bowels were turned within me, and I had no strength.
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