Pervert Perverse

Pervert Perverse

1: ἀποστρέφω (Strong'S #654 — Verb — apostrepho — ap-os-tref'-o )

"to turn away" (apo, "from," strepho, "to turn"), is used metaphorically in the sense of "perverting" in  Luke 23:14 (cp. No. 2 in ver. 2). See Bring , No. 22.

2: διαστρέφω (Strong'S #1294 — Verb — diastrepho — dee-as-tref'-o )

"to distort, twist" (dia, "through," and strepho), is translated "to pervert" in  Luke 23:2 (cp. No. 1 in ver. 14);   Acts 13:10 [in ver. 8, "to turn aside" (Av, "away"]; in the perfect participle, Passive Voice, it is translated "perverse," lit., "turned aside, corrupted," in   Matthew 17:17;  Luke 9:41;  Acts 20:30;  Philippians 2:15 .

3: μεταστρέφω (Strong'S #3344 — Verb — metastrepho — met-as-tref'-o )

"to transform into something of an opposite character" (meta, signifying "a change," and strepho,) as the Judaizers sought to "pervert the gospel of Christ,"  Galatians 1:7; cp. "the sun shall be turned into darkness,"  Acts 2:20; laughter into mourning and joy to heaviness,  James 4:9 . See Turn.

4: ἐκστρέφω (Strong'S #1612 — Verb — ekstrepho — ek-stref'-o )

"to turn inside out" (ek, "out"), "to change entirely," is used metaphorically in  Titus 3:11 , Rv, "is perverted" (Av, "is subverted"). See Subvert.

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