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Lexicon :: Strong's G654 - apostrephō

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ἀποστρέφω
Transliteration
apostrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-os-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
9x in 9 unique form(s) TR
10x in 10 unique form(s) LXX
397x in 67 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:719,1093

Strong’s Definitions

ἀποστρέφω apostréphō, ap-os-tref'-o; from G575 and G4762; to turn away or back (literally or figuratively):—bring again, pervert, turn away (from).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G654 in the following manner: turn away (4x), turn away from (2x), put up again (1x), turn from (1x), bring again (1x), pervert (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G654 in the following manner: turn away (4x), turn away from (2x), put up again (1x), turn from (1x), bring again (1x), pervert (1x).

  1. to turn away

    1. to remove anything from anyone

    2. to turn him away from allegiance to any one

    3. tempt to defect

  2. to turn back, return, bring back

    1. of putting a sword back in its sheath

    2. of Judas returning money to temple

  3. to turn one's self away, turn back, return

  4. to turn one's self away from, deserting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀποστρέφω apostréphō, ap-os-tref'-o; from G575 and G4762; to turn away or back (literally or figuratively):—bring again, pervert, turn away (from).
STRONGS G654:
ἀποστρέφω; future ἀποστρέψω; 1 aorist ἀπέστρεψα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεστράφην; [present middle ἀποστρέφομαι; from Homer down];
1. to turn away: τινὰ or τὶ ἀπὸ τινος, 2 Timothy 4:4 (τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας); to remove anything from anyone, Romans 11:26 (Isaiah 59:20); ἀποστρέφειν τινά simply, to turn him away from allegiance to anyone, tempt to defection [A. V. pervert], Luke 23:14.
2. to turn back, return, bring back: Matthew 26:52 (put back thy sword into its sheath); Matthew 27:3, of Judas bringing back the shekels, where T Tr WH ἔστρεψε [cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Jos. § 17]. (In the same sense for הֵשִׁיב, Genesis 14:16; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 43:11 (Genesis 43:12), Genesis 43:20 (Genesis 43:21), etc.; Baruch 1:8; Baruch 2:34, etc.)
3. intransitive, to turn oneself away, turn back, return: ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν, Acts 3:26, cf. Acts 3:19 (ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, Sir. 8:5 Sir. 17:21 [26 Tdf.]; to return from a place, Genesis 18:33; 1 Macc. 11:54, etc.; [see Kneucker on Baruch 1:13]; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 12); cf. Meyer on Acts, the passage cited; [others, (with A. V.) take it actively here: in turning away every one of you, etc.].
4. Middle, with 2 aorist passive, to turn oneself away from, with an accusative of the object (cf. [Jelf, § 548 obs. 1; Krüger, § 47, 23, 1]; Buttmann, 192 (166)); to reject, refuse: τινά, Matthew 5:42; Hebrews 12:25; τὴν ἀλήθειαν, Titus 1:14; in the sense of deserting, τινά, 2 Timothy 1:15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
14:16; 18:33; 28:15; 43:11; 43:12; 43:20; 43:21
Isaiah
59:20
Matthew
5:42; 26:52; 27:3
Luke
23:14
Acts
3:19; 3:26
Romans
11:26
2 Timothy
1:15; 4:4
Titus
1:14
Hebrews
12:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G654 matches the Greek ἀποστρέφω (apostrephō),
which occurs 397 times in 378 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 3:19–Deu 5:30)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21 - And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21 - And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:25 - And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20 - Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

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