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Lexicon :: Strong's G4762 - strephō

Aa
στρέφω
Transliteration
strephō (Key)
Pronunciation
stref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Strengthened from the base of τροπή (G5157)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:714,1093

Strong’s Definitions

στρέφω stréphō, stref'-o; strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively):—convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4762 in the following manner: turn (11x), turn (one's) self (2x), turn (one) (1x), turn again (1x), turn back again (1x), turn (one) about (1x), be converted (1x), variations of 'turn' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G4762 in the following manner: turn (11x), turn (one's) self (2x), turn (one) (1x), turn again (1x), turn back again (1x), turn (one) about (1x), be converted (1x), variations of 'turn' (1x).

  1. to turn, turn around

  2. to turn one's self (i.e. to turn the back to one

    1. of one who no longer cares for another)

    2. metaph. to turn one's self from one's course of conduct, i.e. to change one's mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στρέφω stréphō, stref'-o; strengthened from the base of G5157; to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively):—convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about).
STRONGS G4762:
στρέφω: 1 aorist ἐστρεψα; passive, present στρέφομαι; 2 aorist ἐστράφην; from Homer down; the Sept. for הָפַך, also for שָׂבַב, etc.; to turn, turn round: τί τίνι, to turn a thing to one, Matthew 5:39, and T Tr WH in Matthew 27:3 (for ἀποστρέφω, to bring back; see ἀποστρέφω, 2); reflexively (Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, § 130, 4), to turn oneself (i. e. to turn the back to one; used of one who no longer cares for another), Acts 7:42 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)); τί εἰς τί, equivalent to μεταστρέφω, to turn one thing into another, Revelation 11:6. Passive reflexively, to turn oneself: στραφείς followed by a finite verb, having turned etc., Matthew 7:6; (Matthew 9:22 L T Tr WH); Matt. 16:23; Luke 7:9; Luke 9:55; Luke 14:25; Luke 22:61; John 1:38; John 20:16; στραφείς πρός τινα, followed by a finite verb (turning unto etc., or turned unto and etc.), Luke 7:44; Luke 10:21 (Luke 10:22) (Rst L T), Luke 10:23; Luke 23:28; στρέφεσθαι εἰς τά ὀπίσω, to turn oneself back, John 20:14; εἰς τά ἔθνη, Acts 13:46; ἐστράφησαν (ἐν L T Tr WH) ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον (R. V. they turned back in their hearts unto Egypt) i. e. to their condition there, Acts 7:39; absolutely and tropically, to turn oneself namely, from one's course of conduct, i. e. to change one's mind (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above): Matthew 18:3 and L T Tr WH in John 12:40. (Compare: ἀναστρέφω, ἀποστρέφω, διαστρέφω, ἐκστρέφω, ἐπιστρέφω, καταστρέφω, μεταστρέφω, σὑν᾿στρέφω, ὑποστρέφω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:39; 7:6; 9:22; 16:23; 18:3; 27:3
Luke
7:9; 7:44; 9:55; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 14:25; 22:61; 23:28
John
1:38; 12:40; 20:14; 20:16
Acts
7:39; 7:42; 13:46
Revelation
11:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4762 matches the Greek στρέφω (strephō),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 - But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 - Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:22 - But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:3 - And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 - Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:9 - And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 - And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:55 - But turning round he said sharp words to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23 - And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:25 - Now a great number of people went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:61 - And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:28 - But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40 - He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:16 - Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39 - By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.
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