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Lexicon :: Strong's G4761 - strebloō

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στρεβλόω
Transliteration
strebloō (Key)
Pronunciation
streb-lo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of στρέφω (G4762)
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1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

στρεβλόω streblóō, streb-lo'-o; from a derivative of G4762; to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert:—wrest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4761 in the following manner: wrest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4761 in the following manner: wrest (1x).

  1. to twist, turn awry

  2. to torture, put to the rack

  3. metaph. to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language in a false sense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρεβλόω streblóō, streb-lo'-o; from a derivative of G4762; to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert:—wrest.
STRONGS G4761:
στρεβλόω, στρέβλω; (στρεβλός (from στρέφω) twisted, Latintortuosus; hence, στρέβλη, feminine, an instrument of torture); to twist, turn awry (Herodotus); to torture, put to the rack (Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, 3Macc. 4:14); metaphorically, to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language to a false sense, 2 Peter 3:16.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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2 Peter
3:16

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Strong's Number G4761 matches the Greek στρεβλόω (strebloō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:16 - ὡς καὶ ἐν πάσαις ἐπιστολαῖς λαλῶν ἐν αὐταῖς περὶ τούτων ἐν αἷς ἐστιν δυσνόητά τινα ἃ οἱ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι στρεβλοῦσιν G4761 ὡς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς γραφὰς πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν ἀπώλειαν
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