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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)
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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 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 - “But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn G4762 the other to him also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 -

“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn G4762 and tear you to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But He turned G4762 and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on [fn]God’s interests, but man’s.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:3 - and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you [fn]are converted G4762 and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:9 - Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him. And He turned G4762 to the crowd that was following Him and said, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 - And turning G4762 toward 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 has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:55 - But He turned G4762 and rebuked them, [fn][and said, “You do not know what kind of spirit you are of,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23 -

And turning G4762 to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:25 -

Now many crowds were going along with Him, and He turned G4762 and said to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - And the Lord turned G4762 and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:28 - But Jesus, turning G4762 to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop crying for Me, but cry for yourselves and for your children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - And when Jesus turned G4762 and noticed them following, He *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - When she had said this, she turned G4762 around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:16 - Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned G4762 and *said to Him in [fn]Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39 - “Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but rejected him and in their hearts turned G4762 back G4762 to Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - “But God turned G4762 away G4762 and delivered them up to [fn]serve the [fn]host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘DID YOU PRESENT ME WITH SLAIN BEASTS AND SACRIFICES FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning G4762 to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These have the authority to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; they also have authority over the waters to turn G4762 them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.
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