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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “Through the window peered Sisera’s mother; behind the lattice she cried out, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot— come, let us rejoice in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 - He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 - Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25 - whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:29

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:12 - Their houses will be turned over to others, together with their fields and their wives, when I stretch out my hand against those who live in the land,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[fn] who are outside the wall besieging you. And I will gather them inside this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 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 BoxDan 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision; I had no strength left, my face turned deathly pale and I was helpless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 - “Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
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