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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - So He drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - “And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go to Pharaoh in the morning [fn]just as he is going out to the water, and position yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - “Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be changed into a different man.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 -

Now when Saul had taken control of the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he [fn]inflicted punishment.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - So he said, “You yourself know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel [fn]intended for me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned around and become my brother’s, for it was his from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - and two doors of juniper wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two [fn]leaves of the other door turned on pivots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - “Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people may know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days the Jews [fn]rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from grief into joy, and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they were to make them days of feasting and rejoicing, and sending portions of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 -

[fn]From the earth comes food,

And underneath, it is turned over like fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 -

“Therefore He knows their deeds,

And He overthrows them in the night,

And they are crushed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:25 -

“When he rises up, the [fn]mighty are afraid;

Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;

You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 -

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;

My [fn]vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 -

The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed;

In his illness, You [fn]restore him to health.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 -

The sons of Ephraim [fn]were archers equipped with bows,

Yet they turned back on the day of battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 -

The sea looked and fled;

The Jordan turned back.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 -

Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7 -

The wicked are overthrown and are no more,

But the house of the righteous will stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 -

As the door turns on its hinges,

So does a lazy one on his bed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 -

[fn]Its streams will be turned into pitch,

And its loose earth into brimstone,

And its land will become burning pitch.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled

And grieved His Holy Spirit;

Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,

He fought against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 -

“Yet I planted you as a choice vine,

A completely faithful seed.

How then have you turned yourself before Me

Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 -

Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’

And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’

For they have turned their backs to Me,

And not their faces;

But in the time of their [fn]trouble they will say,

‘Arise and save us!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 -

‘Ask now, and see

If a male can give birth.

Why do I see every man

With his hands on his waist, as a woman in childbirth?

And why have all faces turned pale?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:23 -

Behold, the tempest of the LORD!

Wrath has gone forth,

A [fn]sweeping tempest;

It will whirl upon the head of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

And the young men and the old together;

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How [fn]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 -

“See, LORD, for I am in distress;

My [fn]spirit is greatly troubled;

My heart is overturned within me,

For I have been very rebellious.

In the street the sword has made women childless;

In the house it is like death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

The joy of our hearts has ended;

Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - “Now behold, I will put ropes [fn]around you so that you cannot turn from your one side to your other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, [fn]one who resembled a human was touching my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “My lord, due to the vision [fn]anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
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