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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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By the sweat of your [fn]face

You will eat bread,

Till you return to the ground,

Because from it you were taken;

For you are dust,

And to dust you shall return.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he brought back all the possessions, and he also brought back his [fn]relative Lot with his possessions and also the women and the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - “Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and [fn]humble yourself under her hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 -

Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And as soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham, Yahweh departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and walked together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I indeed take your son back to the land from where you came?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - Then Abraham said to him, “Beware lest you take my son back there!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - “But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only do not take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - “Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s wrath [fn]subsides,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. And I will bring you back to this land; for I will not forsake you until I have done what I have [fn]promised you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - and I return to my father’s house in peace, then Yahweh will be my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kin, and I will be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - [fn]And Laban arose early in the morning and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to 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 to Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - And he turned away from them and wept. Then he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - “Now take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was put back in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may [fn]seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for slaves with our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21 - and it happened when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in [fn]full. So we have brought it back 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 the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6 - He said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

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Then Moses went and returned to [fn]Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please, let me go, that I may return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

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And Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see to it that all the miraculous wonders which I have put in your hand, that you do them before Pharaoh; but as for Me, I will [fn]harden his heart with strength so that he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve Yahweh your God! [fn]Who are the ones that are going?”

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Now it happened that when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not guide them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel so that they turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea.

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“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - “But you shall serve Yahweh your God, [fn]and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst.

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Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain. And the two tablets of the testimony were in his hand, tablets which were written on both [fn]sides; they were written on one side and the other.

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Then they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - “For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following Yahweh. And Yahweh will not be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then Yahweh met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - So he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20 -

“Behold, I have received a command to bless;

When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.

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And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel, so he did not go as at other times to [fn]encounter omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Then Balaam arose 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 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all who are the heads of the people and execute them [fn]in broad daylight before Yahweh, so that the burning anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - “For if you turn away from following Him, He will once more abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - “We will not return to our homes until every one of the sons of Israel has possessed his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before Yahweh, then afterward you shall return and be free of obligation toward Yahweh and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - ‘Go, say to them, “Return to your tents.”

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