Apostréphō — G654

G654 · Greek — ἀποστρέφω

Pronunciation: ap-os-tref'-o

Definition

verb

to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)

  1. to turn away
  2. to turn back, return, bring back
  3. intransitive, to turn oneself away, turn back, return
  4. Middle, with 2 aorist passive, to turn oneself away from, with an accusative of the object

Usually translated as

bring again, pervert, turn away

Origin

from G575 and G4762

Occurrences

Apostréphō occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Luke (1), Acts (1), Romans (1), 2 Timothy (2), Titus (1), Hebrews (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A