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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4761 - στρεβλόω

Transliteration

streblóō

Phonetics

streb-lo'-o

Origin

from a derivative of (G4762)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to twist, turn awry
to torture, put to the rack
metaph. to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language in a false sense

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6617 ‑ פָּתַל (paw‑thal');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Peter 1

BSB (1)

2 Peter 1

CSB (1)

2 Peter 1

ESV (0)

2 Peter 1

KJV (1)

2 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

2 Peter 1

N95 (1)

2 Peter 1

NAS (1)

2 Peter 1

NLT (1)

2 Peter 3

WEB (1)

2 Peter 1

YLT (1)

2 Peter 1

ASV (1)

wrest 1

BSB (1)

distort 1

CSB (1)

twist 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (1)

wrest 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

distort 1

N95 (1)

distort 1

NAS (1)

distort 1

NLT (1)

twisted 1

WEB (1)

twist 1

YLT (1)

do wrest 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAI-3P 1

ANT

V-PAI-3P 1

BEZ

V-PAI-3P 1

BGB

V-PAI-3P 1

BMT

V-PAI-3P 1

BYZ

V-PAI-3P 1

ELZ

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NA26

V-3PAIP 1

SBL

V-PAI-3P 1

SCV

V-PAI-3P 1

STV

V-PAI-3P 1

TIS

V-PAI-3P 1

TRG

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

στρεβλ-όω, fut. -ώσω Plu. Phoc. 35: aor. ἐστρέβλωσα Din. 1.63: — twist or strain tight, ὄνοισι ξυλίνοισι τὰ ὅπλα drawing the cables taut with windlasses (cf. στρέβλη 1 ), Hdt. 7.36; screw up the strings of an instrument, τὰς χορδὰς ἐπὶ τῶν κολλόπων στρεβλοῦν Pl. R. 531b .

II twist or wrench a dislocated limb, with a view to setting it, ς. τὸν πόδα Hdt. 3.129; also of wrestlers, Philostr. Im. 2.6, cf. 1.6 ( Pass. ): — Med., ἐς τοὐπίσω τὰς χεῖρας ς . Alciphr. 3.43: — Pass., στρεβλωθῆναι acquire a squint, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.78; ἐσχηκότες στρεβλουμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς ibid.

2. stretch on the wheel or rack, to rack, torture, applied to slaves for the purpose of extracting evidence, Ar. Nu. 620, Ra. 620, Antipho 5.32, Herod. 2.89; στρεβλοῦν . . τοῦτον ὡς κατάσκοπον Antiph. 277: — Pass., ἐπὶ τροχοῦ στρεβλούμενος Ar. Lys. 846, Pl. 875; ἀπέθανε στρεβλωθείς Lys. 13.54, cf. And. 1.44, Gal. 6.312: fut. Med. στρεβλώσομαι in pass. sense, Pl. R. 361e .

3. metaph., pervert or distort words, Pet. 3.16: — Pass., LXX 2 Samuel 22:27 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

στρεβλόω, στρέβλω; (στρεβλός (from στρέφω) twisted, Latintortuosus; hence, στρέβλη, feminine, an instrument of torture); to twist, turn awry (Herodotus); to torture, put to the rack (Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, 3Macc. 4:14); metaphorically, to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language to a false sense, 2 Peter 3:16.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

στρεβλόω , -ῶ

(< στρέφω ),

[in LXX: 2 Samuel 22:27 (H6617 hithp.), 3 Maccabees 4:14, 4 Maccabees 9:17; 4 Maccabees 12:4; 4 Maccabees 12:11; 4 Maccabees 15:14 *;]

to twist, torture. Metaph. (cf. 2Ki, l.c.), to twist or pervert language: 2 Peter 3:16.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

στρεβλουσιν στρεβλούσιν στρεβλοῦσιν στρεβλωθήση στρεπτά στρεπτήν στρεπτόν streblousin strebloûsin