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Lexicon :: Strong's G4761 - strebloō

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στρεβλόω
Transliteration
strebloō (Key)
Pronunciation
streb-lo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of στρέφω (G4762)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

στρεβλόω streblóō, streb-lo'-o; from a derivative of G4762; to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert:—wrest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4761 in the following manner: wrest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4761 in the following manner: wrest (1x).

  1. to twist, turn awry

  2. to torture, put to the rack

  3. metaph. to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language in a false sense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρεβλόω streblóō, streb-lo'-o; from a derivative of G4762; to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert:—wrest.
STRONGS G4761:
στρεβλόω, στρέβλω; (στρεβλός (from στρέφω) twisted, Latintortuosus; hence, στρέβλη, feminine, an instrument of torture); to twist, turn awry (Herodotus); to torture, put to the rack (Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, 3Macc. 4:14); metaphorically, to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language to a false sense, 2 Peter 3:16.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Peter
3:16

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Strong's Number G4761 matches the Greek στρεβλόω (strebloō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.
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