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Lexicon :: Strong's G4762 - strephō

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στρέφω
Transliteration
strephō (Key)
Pronunciation
stref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Strengthened from the base of τροπή (G5157)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:714,1093

Strong’s Definitions

στρέφω stréphō, stref'-o; strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively):—convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4762 in the following manner: turn (11x), turn (one's) self (2x), turn (one) (1x), turn again (1x), turn back again (1x), turn (one) about (1x), be converted (1x), variations of 'turn' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G4762 in the following manner: turn (11x), turn (one's) self (2x), turn (one) (1x), turn again (1x), turn back again (1x), turn (one) about (1x), be converted (1x), variations of 'turn' (1x).
  1. to turn, turn around

  2. to turn one's self (i.e. to turn the back to one

    1. of one who no longer cares for another)

    2. metaph. to turn one's self from one's course of conduct, i.e. to change one's mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρέφω stréphō, stref'-o; strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively):—convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about).
STRONGS G4762:
στρέφω: 1 aorist ἐστρεψα; passive, present στρέφομαι; 2 aorist ἐστράφην; from Homer down; the Sept. for הָפַך, also for שָׂבַב, etc.; to turn, turn round: τί τίνι, to turn a thing to one, Matthew 5:39, and T Tr WH in Matthew 27:3 (for ἀποστρέφω, to bring back; see ἀποστρέφω, 2); reflexively (Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, § 130, 4), to turn oneself (i. e. to turn the back to one; used of one who no longer cares for another), Acts 7:42 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)); τί εἰς τί, equivalent to μεταστρέφω, to turn one thing into another, Revelation 11:6. Passive reflexively, to turn oneself: στραφείς followed by a finite verb, having turned etc., Matthew 7:6; (Matthew 9:22 L T Tr WH); Matt. 16:23; Luke 7:9; Luke 9:55; Luke 14:25; Luke 22:61; John 1:38; John 20:16; στραφείς πρός τινα, followed by a finite verb (turning unto etc., or turned unto and etc.), Luke 7:44; Luke 10:21 (Luke 10:22) (Rst L T), Luke 10:23; Luke 23:28; στρέφεσθαι εἰς τά ὀπίσω, to turn oneself back, John 20:14; εἰς τά ἔθνη, Acts 13:46; ἐστράφησαν (ἐν L T Tr WH) ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον (R. V. they turned back in their hearts unto Egypt) i. e. to their condition there, Acts 7:39; absolutely and tropically, to turn oneself namely, from one's course of conduct, i. e. to change one's mind (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above): Matthew 18:3 and L T Tr WH in John 12:40. (Compare: ἀναστρέφω, ἀποστρέφω, διαστρέφω, ἐκστρέφω, ἐπιστρέφω, καταστρέφω, μεταστρέφω, σὑν᾿στρέφω, ὑποστρέφω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:39; 7:6; 9:22; 16:23; 18:3; 27:3
Luke
7:9; 7:44; 9:55; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 14:25; 22:61; 23:28
John
1:38; 12:40; 20:14; 20:16
Acts
7:39; 7:42; 13:46
Revelation
11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4762 matches the Greek στρέφω (strephō),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 -

“But I tell you, don’t resist[fn] an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 -

“Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:22 -

Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” he said. “Your faith has saved you.”[fn] And the woman was made well from that moment.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 -

Jesus turned and told Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:3 -

“Truly I tell you,” he said, “unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 -

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:9 -

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 -

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she, with her tears, has washed my feet and wiped them with her hair.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:55 -

But he turned and rebuked them,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23 -

Then turning to his disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see!

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:25 -

Now great crowds were traveling with him. So he turned and said to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 -

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:28 -

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 -

When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for? ”

They said to him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40 -

He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so that they would not see with their eyes

or understand with their hearts,

and turn,

and I would heal them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 -

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:16 -

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

Turning around, she said to him in Aramaic,[fn] “Rabboni! ” ​— ​which means “Teacher.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39 -

“Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 -

“God turned away and gave them up to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices

for forty years in the wilderness?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 -

Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 -

They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.

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