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"to twist, to torture" (from streble, "a which" or "instrument of torture," and akin to strepho, "to turn"), is used metaphorically in 2 Peter 3:16 , of "wresting" the Scriptures on the part of the ignorant and unsteadfast. In the Sept., 2 Samuel 22:27 .