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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 [fn]draw the people away from their [fn]work? Get back to your [fn]hard labors!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 -

“You shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - “And it shall be a tassel for you [fn]to look at and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, so as to do them and not [fn]follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - “Now why are you [fn]discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which Yahweh has given them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 -

“[fn]They have acted corruptly toward Him,

They are not His children because of their defect;

But 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 paths had ceased,

So travelers [fn]went by [fn]roundabout paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 -

Now it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is this you, you troubler of Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 -

“It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,

That [fn]it may do whatever He commands [fn]it

On the face of the inhabited earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26 -

With the pure You show Yourself pure,

And with the crooked You show Yourself [fn]astute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 -

Do not turn to the right nor to the left;

Turn your foot from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 -

Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,

Who [fn]spreads contentions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 -

“The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil;

Pride and arrogance and the evil way

And the mouth of [fn]perverted words, I hate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 -

He who 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 with a crooked heart are an abomination to Yahweh,

But those of a blameless way are His delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 -

He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;

He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 -

See the work of God,

For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and valiant men bend down, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through [fn]windows grow dark;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 -

They do not know the way of peace,

And there is no justice in their tracks;

They have made their paths crooked,

Whoever treads on [fn]them does not know peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on [fn]all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down [fn]souls! Will you hunt down My people’s souls, but preserve your own souls?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - “Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have strengthened the hands of the wicked not to turn from his evil way and preserve his life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - “Thus you are the opposite of those women in your harlotries, in that no one plays the harlot [fn]as you do, because you give away your earnings and no earnings are given to you; thus you are the opposite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 -

Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob

And rulers of the house of Israel,

Who abhor justice

And twist everything that is straight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 -

Therefore the law is [fn]ignored,

And justice never comes forth.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

Therefore justice comes forth perverted.

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