Quick Definition
ἐκτρέπω v. I turn aside, wander, forsake
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and the base of 5157; to deflect, i.e. turn away (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: avoid, turn (aside, out of the way)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τρέπομαι (turn) · τροπή
23.178 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
to sprain, to wrench to wrench or sprain the ligaments of a joint, especially in the legs and feet It is often possible to speak of ‘being wrenched’ as ‘being twisted.’
31.65 · (ἐκτρέπομαι[a]) · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to go astray, to stray after, to turn from and to follow (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐκτρέπομαι ‘to turn from,’ not occurring in the NT) to turn away from the truth and to believe something which is different
13.155 · (ἐκτρέπομαι[b]) · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to avoid, to not become involved to avoid becoming involved in some type of activity
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-τρέπω : Pass., [pres. exrpémopat]; 2 aor. ἐξετράπην: 2 fut. ἐκτραπήσομαι; 1. 10 turn or twist out; pass. in a medical sense, in a fig. of the limbs: ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν extpar, lest it be wrenched out of (its proper) place, dislocated, [R. V. mrg. put out of joint], (see exx. of this use fr. med. writ. in Steph. Thesaur. iii. col. 607 d.), i. 6. lest he who is weak in a state of grace fall therefrom, Heb. xii. 13 [but Liinem., Delitzsch, al., still adhere to the meaning turn aside, go astray; cf. A. V., R. V. txt.]. 2. to turn off or aside; pass. in a mid. sense [cf. B. 192 (166 sq.)], to turn one’s self aside, to be turned aside; (intrans.) to turn aside; Hesych.: ἐξετράπησαν - ἐξέκλιναν, (τῆς ὁδοῦ, Leian. dial. deor. 25, 2; Ael. v. h. 14, 49 [48]; ἔξω τῆς ὁδοῦ, Arr. exp. Al. 3, 21, 7 [4]; absol. Xen. an. 4, 5,15; Arstph. Plut. 837; with mention of the place to which, Hat. 6, 34; Plat. Soph. p. 222 a.; al.); figuratively : εἰς ματαιολογίαν, 1 Tim. i. 6; ἐπὶ τοὺς μύθους, 2 Tim. iv. 4; ὀπίσω τινός, to turn away from one in order to follow another, 1 Tim. ν. 15, (εἰς ἀδίκους πράξεις, Joseph. antt. 8, 10, 2). with ace. to turn away from, to shun a thing, to avoid meeting or associating with one: τὰς Kevoφωνίας, 1 Tim. vi. 20, (τὸν ἔλεγχον, Polyb. 35, 4, 14; Γάλλους ἐκτρέπεσθαι καὶ σύνοδον φεύγειν τὴν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν, Joseph. antt. 4, 8, 40).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκτρέπω ektrepō 5x
mid. and pass., to turn out or aside, Heb. 12:13; to turn aside or away, swerve, 1 Tim. 1:6; 5:15; 2 Tim. 4:4; to turn from, avoid, 1 Tim. 6:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-τρέπω
[in LXX for הָפַךְ, Am 5:8 * ;]
to turn out of the course, turn aside, c. acc Pass., with middle sense, intrans., to turn aside: He 12:13 (R, txt., for be put out of joint, R, mg., v. Thayer, s.v. Westc., in l); fig., seq. εἰς, I Ti 1:6; ἐπί, II Ti 4:4; ὀπίσω, I Ti 5:15; c. acc, to shun, avoid: I Ti 6:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκτρέπω. In Ρ Ryl II. 1335} (a.p.33) the mention of the danger of fields being “‘left unsown”—els ἄσπορον ἐκτραπῆν[α]ι- shows the verb in a more general sense than in the possible medical reference in Heb 1213 ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, “be put out of joint’’ (RV mg.). For the meaning ““turn aside,’’ as in 1 Tim 1°, we may compare Epict. i, 6. 42 οἱ δ᾽ bm’ ayevvelas εἰς μέμψεις καὶ [τὰ] ἐγκλήματα τῷ θεῷ ἐκτρεπόμενοι, and for the acc. constr., as in 1 Tim 639. see Oenoanda col. 29, 7 & δεῖ τοὺς σοφιστικοὺς λόγους (cited by Nageli, p. 19), and Musonius p. 26 τὰ μὲν ἀληθῶς κακὰ πάσῃ μηχανῇ ἐκτρέπεσθαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκτρέπω (ektrepō) — to turn/wander away. ἐκτρέπω, Ionic dialect ἐκ-τράπω [ᾰ], turn out of the course, turn aside, τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτοῦ μιαρίαν εἴς τινα ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive and middle, turn off o_ aside, ἐκτραπέσθαι ὁδὸν μακροτέρην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, turn aside from, τοῦ πρόσθεν λόγου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. turn a person off the road, order him out of the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive (future -τραπήσομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]middle, ἐκτρέπεσθαί τινα get out of one's way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; avoid, τὸν ἔλεγχον [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with infinitive, ὀφθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. τὴν δρῶσαν ἐ. prevent her from acting, [Refs]
4. ἀσπίδας θύρσοις ἐ. turn shields and flee before the thyrsus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. middle, turn away, φίλους [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; also ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὰ ἐντὸς ἐκτός turns itself inside out, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. in Medicine texts in passive, to be diverted or everted, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (perhaps to be put out of joint, [NT]
IV. turn or change, εἴς ἄσπορον [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐκτραπῆναι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
V. passive, to be brought to birth, Astrology texts technical term, Vett. Val.[Refs]