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Lexicon :: Strong's G654 - apostrephō

Aa
ἀποστρέφω
Transliteration
apostrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-os-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
9x in 9 unique form(s) TR
10x in 10 unique form(s) LXX
394x in 67 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:719,1093

Strong’s Definitions

ἀποστρέφω apostréphō, ap-os-tref'-o; from G575 and G4762; to turn away or back (literally or figuratively):—bring again, pervert, turn away (from).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G654 in the following manner: turn away (4x), turn away from (2x), put up again (1x), turn from (1x), bring again (1x), pervert (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G654 in the following manner: turn away (4x), turn away from (2x), put up again (1x), turn from (1x), bring again (1x), pervert (1x).

  1. to turn away

    1. to remove anything from anyone

    2. to turn him away from allegiance to any one

    3. tempt to defect

  2. to turn back, return, bring back

    1. of putting a sword back in its sheath

    2. of Judas returning money to temple

  3. to turn one's self away, turn back, return

  4. to turn one's self away from, deserting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀποστρέφω apostréphō, ap-os-tref'-o; from G575 and G4762; to turn away or back (literally or figuratively):—bring again, pervert, turn away (from).
STRONGS G654:
ἀποστρέφω; future ἀποστρέψω; 1 aorist ἀπέστρεψα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεστράφην; [present middle ἀποστρέφομαι; from Homer down];
1. to turn away: τινὰ or τὶ ἀπὸ τινος, 2 Timothy 4:4 (τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας); to remove anything from anyone, Romans 11:26 (Isaiah 59:20); ἀποστρέφειν τινά simply, to turn him away from allegiance to anyone, tempt to defection [A. V. pervert], Luke 23:14.
2. to turn back, return, bring back: Matthew 26:52 (put back thy sword into its sheath); Matthew 27:3, of Judas bringing back the shekels, where T Tr WH ἔστρεψε [cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Jos. § 17]. (In the same sense for הֵשִׁיב, Genesis 14:16; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 43:11 (Genesis 43:12), Genesis 43:20 (Genesis 43:21), etc.; Baruch 1:8; Baruch 2:34, etc.)
3. intransitive, to turn oneself away, turn back, return: ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν, Acts 3:26, cf. Acts 3:19 (ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, Sir. 8:5 Sir. 17:21 [26 Tdf.]; to return from a place, Genesis 18:33; 1 Macc. 11:54, etc.; [see Kneucker on Baruch 1:13]; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 12); cf. Meyer on Acts, the passage cited; [others, (with A. V.) take it actively here: in turning away every one of you, etc.].
4. Middle, with 2 aorist passive, to turn oneself away from, with an accusative of the object (cf. [Jelf, § 548 obs. 1; Krüger, § 47, 23, 1]; Buttmann, 192 (166)); to reject, refuse: τινά, Matthew 5:42; Hebrews 12:25; τὴν ἀλήθειαν, Titus 1:14; in the sense of deserting, τινά, 2 Timothy 1:15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
14:16; 18:33; 28:15; 43:11; 43:12; 43:20; 43:21
Isaiah
59:20
Matthew
5:42; 26:52; 27:3
Luke
23:14
Acts
3:19; 3:26
Romans
11:26
2 Timothy
1:15; 4:4
Titus
1:14
Hebrews
12:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G654 matches the Greek ἀποστρέφω (apostrephō),
which occurs 394 times in 376 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 3:19–Deu 5:30)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:6 - And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21 - and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21 - And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:6 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:25 - And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:6 - And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:17 - And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20 -
Behold, I have received commandment to bless:
And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - Go say to them, Return ye to your tents.

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