Swerve

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ἀστοχέω (Strong'S #795 — Verb — astocheo — as-tokh-eh'-o )

"to miss the mark," is translated "having swerved" in  1—Timothy 1:6 . See Err , No. 3. Moulton and Milligan illustrate the use of the verb from the papyri, e.g., of a man in extravagant terms bewailing the loss of a pet fighting cock, "(I am distraught, for my cock) has failed (me)."

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

(2): ( v. i.) To bend; to incline.

(3): ( v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

(4): ( v. t.) To turn aside.

(5): ( v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.

(6): ( v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.