To turn away
ἀποστρέφωStrong’s G0654apostrephō
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apostrephō is the Greek word usually translated “turning away from”, “may you turn away from” and “do return”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “turning away from”, “may you turn away from” and “do return”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- turning away from 2
- may you turn away from 1
- do return 1
- misleading 1
- turning away 1
- he will remove 1
- turned away from 1
- they will turn away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- 2 Timothy 2
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- Titus 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
- Matthew 26:52Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
- Luke 23:14Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
- Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
- Romans 11:26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
- 2 Timothy 1:15This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Greek dictionary
ἀποστρέφω apostrephō · to turn away
ἀπο-στρέφω [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ;] trans., with accusative, (a) to turn away, remove: Rom.11:26, 2Ti.4:4; metaphorically, to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Luk.23:14; (b) to turn back, return: μάχαιραν, Mat.26:52. Pass., reflex., to turn oneself away from: with accusative, Mat.5:42, 2Ti.1:15, Tit.1:14, Heb.12:25; so act., absol., Act.3:26 (cf. Sir.8:5; Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer, 880).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mislead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MISLE'AD, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive misled. [See Lead.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.