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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 - And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth 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 thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26 - With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 - Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 - He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:20 - They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 - He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath 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 shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 - The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
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