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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 -

He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 -

“And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 -

“Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 -

“The Spirit of the LORD will come powerfully on you, you will prophesy with them, and you will be transformed.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 -

When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 -

“You know the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the LORD gave it to him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 -

The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 -

“Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 -

because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 -

because during those days the Jews gained relief from their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday. They were to be days of feasting, rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 -

Food may come from the earth,

but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 -

Therefore, he recognizes their deeds

and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:25 -

When Leviathan rises, the mighty[fn] are terrified;

they withdraw because of his thrashing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You turned my lament into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 -

For day and night your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was drained[fn]

as in the summer’s heat.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 -

The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed;

you will heal him on the bed where he lies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 -

The Ephraimite archers turned back

on the day of battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 -

The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 -

who turned the rock into a pool,

the flint into a spring.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7 -

The wicked are overthrown and perish,

but the house of the righteous will stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 -

A door turns on its hinges,

and a slacker, on his bed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 -

Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,

her soil into sulfur;

her land will become burning pitch.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled

and grieved his Holy Spirit.

So he became their enemy

and fought against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 -

I planted you, a choice vine

from the very best seed.

How then could you turn into

a degenerate, foreign vine?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 -

say to a tree, “You are my father,”

and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”

For they have turned their back to me

and not their face,

yet in their time of disaster they beg,

“Rise up and save us! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 -

Ask and see

whether a male can give birth.

Why then do I see every man

with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor

and every face turned pale?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:23 -

Look, a storm from the LORD!

Wrath has gone out,

a churning storm.

It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

Then the young women will rejoice with dancing,

while young and old men rejoice together.

I will turn their mourning into joy,

give them consolation,

and bring happiness out of grief.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 -

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 -

LORD, see how I am in distress.

I am churning within;

my heart is broken,[fn]

for I have been very rebellious.

Outside, the sword takes the children;

inside, there is death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

Joy has left our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 -

“Be aware that I will put cords on you so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 -

Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.

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