Strong's Concordance diastrephó: to distort, fig. misinterpret, corrupt Original Word: διαστρέφωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diastrephó Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tref'-o) Short Definition: I pervert, corrupt, oppose Definition: I pervert, corrupt, oppose, distort. HELPS Word-studies 1294 diastréphō(from 1223 /diá, "through, thoroughly," which intensifies 4762 /stréphō, "turn") – properly, turned through (thoroughly), into a new shape which however is "distorted, twisted; perverted" (Abbott-Smith) – i.e. "opposite" from the shape (form) it should be. "Note the intensifying force of the prefix, dia meaning, "distorted, twisted in two, corrupt" (WP, 1, 142). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1294: διαστρέφωδιαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive διαστρέψαι; passive participle διεστραμμένος (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170f); from Aeschylus down; a. to distort, turn aside: τάς ὁδούς κυρίου τάς εὐθείας, figuratively (Proverbs 10:10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God, Acts 13:10. Hence, b. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt: τό ἔθνος, Luke 23:2 (Polybius 5, 41, 1; 8, 24, 3); τινα ἀπό τίνος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from, etc. Acts 13:8 (Exodus 5:4;voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cicero); διεστραμμένος, perverse, corrupt, wicked: Matthew 17:17; Luke 9:41; Acts 20:30; Philippians 2:15. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance pervert, curruptFrom dia and strepho; to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt -- perverse(-rt), turn away. see GREEK dia see GREEK strepho Forms and Transliterations διαστραφήσεσθε διαστραφώσιν διαστρέφειν διαστρέφετε διαστρεφοντα διαστρέφοντα διαστρέφοντες διαστρέφω διαστρεφων διαστρέφων διαστρεψαι διαστρέψαι διαστρέψει διαστρέψεις διαστρέψη διαστροφή διασφαγαί διεστραμμενα διεστραμμένα διεστραμμέναι διεστραμμένας διεστραμμενη διεστραμμένη διεστραμμενης διεστραμμένης διεστραμμένον διεστράφησαν διεστρέφετε διέστρεφον διέστρωσα διέστρωσαν διεσχίσθη διεσχίσθησαν diastrephon diastrephōn diastréphon diastréphōn diastrephonta diastréphonta diastrepsai diastrépsai diestrammena diestramména diestrammene diestrammenē diestramméne diestramménē diestrammenes diestrammenēs diestramménes diestramménēsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 12947 Occurrences διαστρέφων — 1 Occ. διαστρέφοντα — 1 Occ. διαστρέψαι — 1 Occ. διεστραμμένα — 1 Occ. διεστραμμένη — 2 Occ. διεστραμμένης — 1 Occ. Matthew 17:17 V-RPM/P-NFS GRK: ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη ἕως πότε NAS: You unbelieving and perverted generation, KJV: and perverse generation, INT: unbelieving and perverted how long when Luke 9:41 V-RPM/P-NFS Luke 23:2 V-PPA-AMS Acts 13:8 V-ANA Acts 13:10 V-PPA-NMS Acts 20:30 V-RPM/P-ANP Philippians 2:15 V-RPM/P-GFS |
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