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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 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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