Greek · Strong's G654
ἀποστρέφω
apostrephoap-os-tref'-o
to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)
1890 spelling: apostréphō
- α1
- π80
- ο70
- σ200
- τ300
- ρ100
- ε5
- φ500
- ω800
Isopsephy 2,056
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
bring again, pervert, turn away (from).
- 9occurrencesin the New Testament
- 7 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- ἀπεστράφησάν1
- ἀποστραφῇς.¶1
- ἀποστρέφειν1
- ἀποστρεφόμενοι,1
- ἀποστρεφομένων1
- ἀποστρέφοντα1
- ἀποστρέψει1
- ἀπόστρεψον1
- ἀποστρέψουσιν,1
How it is rendered · 9
- do return1
- He will remove1
- may you turn away from.1
- misleading1
- they will turn away,1
- turned away from1
- turning away1
- turning away from1
- turning away from,1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · future active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · future active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
- verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-2APS-2S · 1
- V-AAM-2S · 1
- V-API-3P · 1
- V-FAI-3P · 1
- V-FAI-3S · 1
- V-PAN · 1
- V-PAP-ASM · 1
- V-PPP-GPM · 1
- V-PPP-NPM · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 5:42ἀποστραφῇς.¶apostraphēasverb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singularGive to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.here: may you turn away from.
- Matthew 26:52ἀπόστρεψονapostrepsonverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singular“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.here: do return
2 Timothy2 occurrences
- 2 Timothy 1:15ἀπεστράφησάνapestraphēsanverb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person pluralYou know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.here: turned away from
- 2 Timothy 4:4ἀποστρέψουσιν,apostrepsousinverb · future active, statement · 3rd person pluralSo they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.here: they will turn away,
