Lexical Summary metastrephō: to turn (about), to pervert Original Word: μεταστρέφωTransliteration: metastrephō Phonetic Spelling: (met-as-tref'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to turn (about), to pervert Meaning: to turn (about), to pervert Strong's Concordance pervert, turn. From meta and strepho; to turn across, i.e. Transmute or (figuratively) corrupt -- pervert, turn. see GREEK meta see GREEK strepho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3344: μεταστρέφωμεταστρέφω: 1 aorist infinitive μεταστρέψαι; passive, 2 aorist imperative 3 person singular μεταστραφήτω; 2 future μεταστραφήσομαι; from Homer down; the Sept. for הָפַך; to turn about, turn around (cf. μετά, III. 2): τί εἰς τί (to turn one thing into another), passive, Acts 2:20 (from Joel 2:31); James 4:9 (cf. Buttmann, 52 (46): (WH text μετατρέπω, which see)); equivalent to to pervert, corrupt, τί (Sir. 11:31; Aristotle, rhet. 1, 15, 24 (cf. 30 and 3, 11, 6)): Galatians 1:7. |