Quick Definition
ἐκστρέφω v. I change for the worse, corrupt, pervert
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 4762; to pervert (figuratively)
KJV Usage: subvert
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στρέφω
88.265 · (ἐκστρέφομαι) · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Licentiousness, Perversion
to be corrupt, to have become corrupt to have departed from the patterns of correct behavior and thus to have become corrupt
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-στρέφω: pf. pass. ἐξέστραμμαι ; 1. toturn or twist out, tear up, (Hom. Il. 17, 58). 2. to turn inside out, invert; trop. to change for the worse, pervert, corrupt, (Arstph. nub. 554; Sept. Deut. xxxii. 20): Tit. iii. 11.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκστρέφω ekstrephō 1x
pr. to turn out of, to turn inside out; hence, to change entirely; in NT pass. to be perverted, Tit. 3:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-στρέφω
[in LXX: De 32:20, Am 6:13 Ez 16:34 A (הָפַךְ), Za 11:16 (פָּרַק pi.), Ez 13:20 (צוּד pil.)* ;]
to turn out of (Hom.).
to turn inside out; metaph., to change entirely, pervert (Aristoph.): Tit 3:11.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκστρέφω (ekstrephō) — be warped. ἐκστρέφω, turn out of, βόθρου τ᾽ ἐξέστρεψε [δένδρον] rooted up a tree from the trench it stood in, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. turn inside out, τὰ βλέφαρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, change or alter entirely, τοὺς τρόπους [Refs] —passive, ποσὶν ἐξεστραμμένοις πορευόμενοι with feet turned outwards, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be distorted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. metaphorically in perfect participle passive, γενεὰ ἐξεστραμμένη perverse generation, [LXX]
II.3. transmute base metal, [Refs 1st c.BC+]