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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.)
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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:24

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - “You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go to Pharaoh in the morning [fn]as he is going out to the water, and station 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - “Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - Now when Saul had taken 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - So he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel [fn]expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two [fn]leaves of the other door turned on pivots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - “Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:2

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

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 sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - “The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - “Therefore He knows their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:25 - “When he raises himself up, the [fn]mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My [fn]vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You [fn]restore him to health.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - The sons of Ephraim [fn]were archers equipped with bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - The sea looked and fled;
The Jordan turned back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7 - The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
But the house of the righteous will stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - “Yet I planted you a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:27

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 back to Me,
And not their face;
But in the time of their [fn]trouble they will say,
‘Arise and save us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:6

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 loins, as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:23 - Behold, the tempest of the LORD!
Wrath has gone forth,
A [fn]sweeping tempest;
It will burst on the head of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

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 will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “See, O 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 [fn]slays;
In the house it is like death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our hearts has ceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - “Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, [fn]one who resembled a human being was touching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision [fn]anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
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