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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 BoxGen 3:19 - In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; 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 rose 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 to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - “And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,

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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 will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - “so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and 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 cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said 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 away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with 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 - “Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21 - “but it happened, when we came to the encampment, that we opened our sacks, and there, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; so we have brought it back in our hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - “Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks. 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 dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6 - Moreover He said, “I am the God of your 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 - So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God. Who are the ones that are going?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “Why has the LORD brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - So they said to one another, “Let us select 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 are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the LORD, 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 and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back 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 the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back 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 there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the LORD, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD 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 again leave 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 children of Israel has received his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - “and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be blameless 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 and say to them, “Return to your tents.”

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