Greek verb · G654
ἀποστρέφω
apostrephoap-os-tref'-o
to turn away
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apostréphō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G654is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G654
to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: bring again, pervert, turn away (from).
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
apostrepho is rendered "to turn away". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Matthew 5:42ἀποστραφῇς.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- turning away from2
- do return1
- He will remove1
- may you turn away from1
- misleading1
- they will turn away1
- turned away from1
- turning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποστέλλω | apostello | to send | Uses132 |
| ἀπόστολος | apostolos | apostle | Uses79 |
| ἀποστερέω | apostereo | to defraud | Uses6 |
| ἀποσπάω | apospao | to draw away | Uses4 |
| ἀποστολή | apostole | apostleship | Uses4 |
| ἀποστάσιον | apostasion | divorce | Uses3 |
| ἀποσυνάγωγος | aposynagogos | excommunicated | Uses3 |
| ἀποστασία | apostasia | apostasy | Uses2 |
| ἀποστυγέω | apostygeo | to abhor | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκευάζω | aposkeuazo | to pack up | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκίασμα | aposkiasma | shadow | Uses1 |
| ἀποστεγάζω | apostegazo | to unroof | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- ἀπεστράφησάν1
- ἀποστραφῇς.¶1
- ἀποστρέφειν1
- ἀποστρεφόμενοι1
- ἀποστρεφομένων1
- ἀποστρέφοντα1
- ἀποστρέψει1
- ἀπόστρεψον1
- ἀποστρέψουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-2APS-2S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PPP-GPM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM
Matthew
two uses
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
- ἀποστραφῇς.¶apostrapheasverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may you turn away from
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
- ἀπόστρεψονapostrepsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do return
Luke
one use
and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
- ἀποστρέφονταapostrephontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: misleading
Acts
one use
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
- ἀποστρέφεινapostrepheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: turning away
Romans
one use
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- ἀποστρέψειapostrepseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will remove
2 Timothy
two uses
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- ἀπεστράφησάνapestraphesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: turned away from
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- ἀποστρέψουσινapostrepsousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will turn away
Titus
one use
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
- ἀποστρεφομένωνapostrephomenonverb · present passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: turning away from
Hebrews
one use
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- ἀποστρεφόμενοιapostrephomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: turning away from
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.