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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 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 - But I say to you, That ye resist not evil: but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 - Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But he turned, and said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offense to me: for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but those that are of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:3 - And said, Verily I say to you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:9 - When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned himself about and said to the people that followed him, I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 - And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:55 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23 - And he turned himself to his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:25 - And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the cock shall crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:28 - But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith to them, What seek ye? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - And when she had thus said, she turned herself about, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:16 - Jesus saith to her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith to him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39 - Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - Then 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 during forty years in the wilderness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Then Paul and Barnabas became bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but seeing ye reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These 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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