King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1294
Transliteration: diastrephō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tref'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to distort, misinterpret, corrupt
Meaning: to distort, misinterpret, corrupt
διαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive διαστρέψαι; passive participle διεστραμμένος (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170f); from Aeschylus down;
Word Summary
diastrephō: to distort, misinterpret, corrupt
Original Word: διαστρέφωTransliteration: diastrephō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tref'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to distort, misinterpret, corrupt
Meaning: to distort, misinterpret, corrupt
Strong's 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
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.