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Lexicon :: Strong's G3344 - metastrephō

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μεταστρέφω
Transliteration
metastrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
met-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: 7:729,1093

Strong’s Definitions

†μεταστρέφω metastréphō, met-as-tref'-o; from G3326 and G4762; to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt:—pervert, turn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3344 in the following manner: turn (2x), pervert (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3344 in the following manner: turn (2x), pervert (1x).

  1. to turn around, turn around

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†μεταστρέφω metastréphō, met-as-tref'-o; from G3326 and G4762; to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt:—pervert, turn.
STRONGS G3344:
μεταστρέφω: 1 aorist infinitive μεταστρέψαι; passive, 2 aorist imperative 3 person singular μεταστραφήτω; 2 future μεταστραφήσομαι; from Homer down; the Sept. for הָפַך; to turn about, turn around (cf. μετά, III. 2): τί εἰς τί (to turn one thing into another), passive, Acts 2:20 (from Joel 2:31); James 4:9 (cf. Buttmann, 52 (46): (WH text μετατρέπω, which see)); equivalent to to pervert, corrupt, τί (Sir. 11:31; Aristotle, rhet. 1, 15, 24 (cf. 30 and 3, 11, 6)): Galatians 1:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joel
2:31
Acts
2:20
Galatians
1:7
James
4:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3344 matches the Greek μεταστρέφω (metastrephō),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He turned the sea into dry land;
they passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like a deceitful bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25 - He turned their hearts to hate his people,
to deal craftily with his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:29 - He turned their waters into blood
and caused their fish to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:12 - Their houses shall be turned over to others,
their fields and wives together,
for I will stretch out my hand
against the inhabitants of the land,”
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. And I will bring them together into the midst of this city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:2 - Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed,[fn] and I retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 - Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will bring sackcloth on every waist
and baldness on every head;
I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD
and serve him with one accord.
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