King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G665
Transliteration: apotrepō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-rep'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to turn away
Meaning: to turn away
ἀποτρέπω: (from Homer down); to turn away; middle (present ἀποτρέπομαι, imperative ἀποτρέπου) to turn oneself away from, to shun, avoid: τινα or τί (see ἀποστρέφω), 2 Timothy 3:5. (4 Macc. 1:33; Aeschylus the Sept. 1060; Euripides, Iph. Aul. 336; (Aristar. plant. 1, 1, p. 815b, 18; Polybius others.).)
Word Summary
apotrepō: to turn away
Original Word: ἀποτρέπωTransliteration: apotrepō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-rep'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to turn away
Meaning: to turn away
Strong's Concordance
turn away. From apo and the base of trope; to deflect, i.e. (reflexively) avoid -- turn away.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK trope
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 665: ἀποτρέπωἀποτρέπω: (from Homer down); to turn away; middle (present ἀποτρέπομαι, imperative ἀποτρέπου) to turn oneself away from, to shun, avoid: τινα or τί (see ἀποστρέφω), 2 Timothy 3:5. (4 Macc. 1:33; Aeschylus the Sept. 1060; Euripides, Iph. Aul. 336; (Aristar. plant. 1, 1, p. 815b, 18; Polybius others.).)