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Dictionaries :: Perverse, Pervert

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g654 Greek: apostrepho

Perverse, Pervert:

"to turn away" (apo, "from," strepho, "to turn"), is used metaphorically in the sense of "perverting" in Luk 23:14 (cp. No. 2 in ver. 2).
See BRING, No. 22.

2 Strong's Number: g1294 Greek: diastrepho

Perverse, Pervert:

"to distort, twist" (dia, "through," and strepho), is translated "to pervert" in Luk 23:2 (cp. No. 1 in ver. 14); Act 13:10 [in ver. 8, "to turn aside" (AV, "away"]; in the perfect participle, Passive Voice, it is translated "perverse," lit., "turned aside, corrupted," in Mat 17:17; Luk 9:41; Act 20:30; Phl 2:15.

3 Strong's Number: g3344 Greek: metastrepho

Perverse, Pervert:

"to transform into something of an opposite character" (meta, signifying "a change," and strepho,) as the Judaizers sought to "pervert the gospel of Christ," Gal 1:7; cp. "the sun shall be turned into darkness," Act 2:20; laughter into mourning and joy to heaviness, Jam 4:9.
See TURN.

4 Strong's Number: g1612 Greek: ekstrepho

Perverse, Pervert:

"to turn inside out" (ek, "out"), "to change entirely," is used metaphorically in Tts 3:11, RV, "is perverted" (AV, "is subverted").
See SUBVERT.

Note: For "perverse disputings," 1Ti 6:5, AV, see DISPUTE, A, No. 3.

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