Quick Definition
διαστρέφω v. I pervert, corrupt, oppose
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 4762; to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt
KJV Usage: perverse(-rt), turn away
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf.pass. διέστραμμαι | στρέφω
31.71 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to cause someone to turn away from a belief, to mislead to cause someone to believe something that is quite different For another interpretation of διαστρέφω in LUK 23:2, see 88.264.
88.264 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Licentiousness, Perversion
to lead astray, to pervert, to mislead to cause someone to depart from correct behavior and thus engage in serious wrongdoing For another interpretation of διαστρέφω in LUK 23:2, see 31.71. In rendering διαστρέφω as ‘to pervert,’ one should not understand the meaning in terms of ‘sexual perversion.’ In speaking of ‘perverting our people’ in LUK 23:2, it would be better in most languages to translate ‘to cause our people to go astray’ or ‘to cause them to do what they certainly should not do.’
MAT 17:17 · LUK 9:41 · LUK 23:2 · ACT 13:10 · ACT 20:30 · PHP 2:15
13.46 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to turn away from, to divert from to cause a state to cease by a diversion to some other state, usually with the implication of a wrong state
1 διαστρέφω[a] apparently differs somewhat in meaning from ἀποστρέφω[a] (31.70) in emphasizing the effectiveness or thoroughness of the manner in which someone changes the belief of someone else.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-στρέφω; 1 aor. inf. διαστρέψαι : pf. pass. ptep. dieστραμμένος [οἵ. WH. App. p. 170 sq.]; fr. Aeschyl. down; a. to distort, turn aside: τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου tas εὐθείας, figuratively (Prov. x. 10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God, Acts xiii. 10. Hence Ὁ. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt: τὸ ἔθνος, Lk. xxiii. 2 (Polyb. 5, 41,1; 8, 24,3); τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from ete. Acts xiii. 8, (Ex. v. 4; voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cic.); διεστραμμένος perverse, corrupt, wicked: Mt. xvii. 17; Lk. ix. 41; Acts xx. 30; Phil. ii. 15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαστρέφω diastrephō 7x
to distort, turn away; met. to pervert, corrupt, Mt. 17:17; Lk. 9:41; to turn out of the way, cause to make defection, Lk. 23:2; Acts 13:8; διεστραμμένος, perverse, corrupt, erroneous
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-στρέφω
[in LXX for הפךְ, עקשׁ, etc. ;]
to distort, twist; metaph., to distort, pervert: Lk 23:2, Ac 13:8, 10; διεστραμμένος, perverse: Mt 17:17, Lk 9:41, Ac 20:30, Phl 2:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαστρέφω. For the use of 8. in Phil 215 Lightfoot cites Epict. iii. 6. 8 οἱ μὴ παντάπασι διεστραμμένοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων (cf. i. 29. 3). Kennedy (2. 7᾽ αὐ. 1.) aptly compares the Scotch expression “*thrawn,” ‘‘ having a twist” in the inner nature. he subst. occurs in the vi/A.D. P Oxy VIII. 1165° where one advocate writes to another expostulating—81a τοὺς γεωργούς μου τοὺς ἐν τῷ ᾿Αμούλῃ ἐν τοιαύτῃ διαστροφῇ γενέσθαι, *“because my cultivators at Amoules have been put to such straits” (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαστρέφω (diastrephō) — to pervert. διαστρέφω, turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—mostly passive, to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interpretations), εὐδαιμονίζω δ᾽ εἰ διαστραφήσομα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opposed to ὁ τυφλός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, distort, pervert, [τρόπον χρηστόν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (i.e. παθῶν) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]perverse, [LXX]
II. turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. obscene meaning, ={βινεῖν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]