Greek verb · G1294
διαστρέφω
diastrephodee-as-tref'-o
to pervert
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diastréphō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1294is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1294
to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt
The King James renders it: perverse(-rt), turn away.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diastrepho is rendered "to pervert". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 17:17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
Matthew 17:17διεστραμμένη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- perverted4
- misleading1
- perverting1
- to turn away1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διασκορπίζω | diaskorpizo | to scatter | Uses9 |
| διασώζω | diasozo | to save | Uses8 |
| διαστέλλομαι | diastellomai | to give orders | Uses8 |
| διασπορά | diaspora | dispersion | Uses3 |
| διαστολή | diastole | distinction | Uses3 |
| διασπείρω | diaspeiro | to scatter | Uses3 |
| διασπάω | diaspao | to tear apart | Uses2 |
| διασαφέω | diasapheo | to explain | Uses2 |
| διασείω | diaseio | to extort | Uses1 |
| διάστημα | diastema | interval | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διεστραμμένη2
- διαστρέφοντα1
- διαστρέφων1
- διαστρέψαι1
- διεστραμμένα1
- διεστραμμένης1
The grammar of each form
- verb · perfect passive, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singular2V-RPP-VSF
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter plural1V-RPP-APN
- verb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1V-RPP-GSF
Matthew
one use
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
- διεστραμμένηdiestrammeneverb · perfect passive, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: perverted
Luke
two uses
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
- διεστραμμένηdiestrammeneverb · perfect passive, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: perverted
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
- διαστρέφονταdiastrephontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: misleading
Acts
three uses
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- διαστρέψαιdiastrepsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to turn away
and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- διαστρέφωνdiastrephonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: perverting
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
- διεστραμμέναdiestrammenaverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: perverted
Philippians
one use
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- διεστραμμένηςdiestrammenesverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: perverted
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.