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Lexicon :: Strong's G1294 - diastrephō

Aa
διαστρέφω
Transliteration
diastrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-as-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:717,1093

Strong’s Definitions

διαστρέφω diastréphō, dee-as-tref'-o; from G1223 and G4762; to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt:—perverse(-rt), turn away.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1294 in the following manner: perverse (4x), pervert (2x), turn away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1294 in the following manner: perverse (4x), pervert (2x), turn away (1x).

  1. to distort, turn aside

    1. to oppose, plot against the saving purposes and plans of God

  2. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διαστρέφω diastréphō, dee-as-tref'-o; from G1223 and G4762; to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt:—perverse(-rt), turn away.
STRONGS G1294:
διαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive διαστρέψαι; perfect passive participle διεστραμμένος [cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170f]; from Aeschylus down;
a. to distort, turn aside: τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου τὰς εὐθείας, figuratively (Proverbs 10:10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God, Acts 13:10. Hence,
b. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt: τὸ ἔθνος, Luke 23:2 (Polybius 5, 41, 1; 8, 24, 3); τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from, etc. Acts 13:8, (Exodus 5:4; voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cicero); διεστραμμένος, perverse, corrupt, wicked: Matthew 17:17; Luke 9:41; Acts 20:30; Philippians 2:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
5:4
Proverbs
10:10
Matthew
17:17
Luke
9:41; 23:2
Acts
13:8; 13:10; 20:30
Philippians
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1294 matches the Greek διαστρέφω (diastrephō),
which occurs 27 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 -
They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish;
They are a perverse and crooked generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 -
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied,
And the travellers walked through byways.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:17 - And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 -
And it is turned round about by his guidance,
That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them
Upon the face of the habitable world,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26 -
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 -
In whose heart is perverseness,
Who deviseth evil continually,
Who soweth discord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 -
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 -
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely;
But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:20 -
They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah;
But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 -
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things:
He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 - The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:34 - And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
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