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Strong's G654 · Greek

ἀποστρέφω

apostrepho · ap-os-tref'-o

from 575 and 4762; to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-στρέφω (G654)

44 ἀπο-στρέφω , [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ;] trans., c. acc., to turn away , remove : Ro 11:26 , II Ti 4:4 ; metaph., to turn away from allegiance, pervert : Lk 23:14 ; to turn back , return : μάχαιραν , Mt 26:52 . Pass., reflex., to turn oneself away from : c. acc., Mt 5:42 , II Ti 1:15 , Tit 1:14 , He 12:25 ; so act., absol., Ac 3:26 (cf. Si 8:5 ; Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer, 880).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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