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Lexicon :: Strong's G1294 - diastrephō

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διαστρέφω
Transliteration
diastrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-as-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:717,1093

Strong’s Definitions

διαστρέφω diastréphō, dee-as-tref'-o; from G1223 and G4762; to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt:—perverse(-rt), turn away.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1294 in the following manner: perverse (4x), pervert (2x), turn away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1294 in the following manner: perverse (4x), pervert (2x), turn away (1x).

  1. to distort, turn aside

    1. to oppose, plot against the saving purposes and plans of God

  2. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διαστρέφω diastréphō, dee-as-tref'-o; from G1223 and G4762; to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt:—perverse(-rt), turn away.
STRONGS G1294:
διαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive διαστρέψαι; perfect passive participle διεστραμμένος [cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170f]; from Aeschylus down;
a. to distort, turn aside: τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου τὰς εὐθείας, figuratively (Proverbs 10:10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God, Acts 13:10. Hence,
b. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt: τὸ ἔθνος, Luke 23:2 (Polybius 5, 41, 1; 8, 24, 3); τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from, etc. Acts 13:8, (Exodus 5:4; voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cicero); διεστραμμένος, perverse, corrupt, wicked: Matthew 17:17; Luke 9:41; Acts 20:30; Philippians 2:15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
5:4
Proverbs
10:10
Matthew
17:17
Luke
9:41; 23:2
Acts
13:8; 13:10; 20:30
Philippians
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1294 matches the Greek διαστρέφω (diastrephō),
which occurs 28 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, to do them, not to follow[fn] after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the LORD has given them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father’s house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the LORD and followed the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - They turn around and around by his guidance,
to accomplish all that he commands them
on the face of the habitable world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26 - with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 - with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 - Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:20 - Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the LORD,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 - Whoever winks his eyes plans[fn] dishonest things;
he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider the work of God:
who can make straight what he has made crooked?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 - The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
no one who treads on them knows peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - So you were different from other women in your whorings. No one solicited you to play the whore, and you gave payment, while no payment was given to you; therefore you were different.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
who detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - So the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
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