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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
394x 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 394 times in 376 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 3:19–Deu 5:30)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD[fn] will be my God

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21 - But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver—the exact weight—in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6 - Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[fn] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.” Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - The LORD said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:25 - At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - The LORD met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, “What did the LORD say?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20 - I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to divination as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - Then Balaam got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of these people, kill them and expose them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the LORD’s fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has received their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - “Go, tell them to return to their tents.

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