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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 -

Then the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, and the heart 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?”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - “Nevertheless, Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because Yahweh your God loves you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 -

“Out of the window she looked and lamented,

The mother of Sisera through the [fn]lattice,

‘Why does his chariot delay in coming?

Why do the [fn]hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?’

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 -

Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed [fn]his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - Then the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 -

He turned the sea into dry land;

They passed through the river on foot;

There let us be glad in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 -

And turned their rivers to blood,

And their streams, they could not drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 -

But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers;

They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25 -

He turned their heart to hate His people,

To deal craftily with His slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:29 -

He turned their waters into blood

And caused their fish to die.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:12 -

“Their houses shall be turned over to others,

Their fields and their wives together,

For I will stretch out My hand

Against the inhabitants of the land,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:2 -

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

Our houses to foreigners.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I alone remained and saw this great vision that appeared; yet no might remained in me, for my outward splendor turned to [fn]a deathly pallor, and I retained no might.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 -

Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;

Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 -

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I surrender you, O Israel?

How can I give you over to be like Admah?

How can I make you like Zeboiim?

My heart is turned over within Me;

[fn]All My compassions are stirred.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 -

“The sun will be turned into darkness

And the moon into blood

Before the great and awesome day of Yahweh comes.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 -

“Then I will overturn your feasts into mourning

And all your songs into [fn]lamentation;

And I will bring up sackcloth on everyone’s loins

And baldness on every head.

And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,

And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 -

“For then I will change them to peoples with purified lips,

That all of them may call on the name of Yahweh,

To serve Him [fn]shoulder to shoulder.

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