ἀποστρέφω; future ἀποστρέψω; 1 aorist ἀπέστρεψα; 2 aorist passive ἀπεστράφην; (present middle ἀποστρέφομαι; from Homer down); 1. to turn away: τινα or τί ἀπό τίνος, 2Ti_4:4 (τήν ἀκοήν ἀπό τῆς ἀληθείας); to remove anything from anyone, Rom_11:26 (Isa_59:20); ἀποστρέφειν τινα simply, to turn him away from allegiance to anyone, tempt to defection (A. V. pervert), Luk_23:14. 2. to turn back, return, bring back: Mat_26:52 (put back thy sword into its sheath); Mat_27:3, of Judas bringing back the shekels, where T Tr WH ἔστρεψε (cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Jos. § 17). (In the same sense for δΕωΔΡια, Gen_14:16; Gen_28:15; Gen_43:11 (), (), etc.; Bar_1:8 Bar_2:34, etc.) 3. intransitive, to turn oneself away, turn back, return: ἀπό τῶν πονηριῶν, Act_3:26, cf. Act_3:19 (ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir_8:5 Sir_17:21 (26 Tdf.); to return from a place, Gen_18:33; 1Ma_11:54, etc.; (see Kneucker on Bar_1:13); Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 12); cf. Meyer on Acts, the passage cited; (others, (with A. V.) take it actively here: in turning away every one of you, etc.). 4. Middle, with 2 aorist passive, to turn oneself away from, with an accusative of the object (cf. (Jelf, § 548 obs. 1; Krüger, § 47, 23, 1); Buttmann, 192 (166)); to reject, refuse: τινα, Mat_5:42; Heb_12:25; τήν ἀλήθειαν, Tit_1:14; in the sense of deserting, τινα, 2Ti_1:15.

ἀποστρέφω apostrephō 9x to turn away; to remove, Act_3:26 ; Rom_11:26 ; 2Ti_4:4 ; to turn a people from their allegiance, to their sovereign, pervert, incite to revolt, Luk_23:14 ; to replace, restore, Mat_26:52 ; to turn away from any one, to slight, reject, repulse, Mat_5:42 ; Tit_1:14 ; Heb_12:25 ; to desert, 2Ti_1:15

ἀπο -στρέφω , [in LXX chiefly for H7725 ;] trans., c . acc , (a) to turn away, remove: Rom_11:26 , 2Ti_4:4 ; metaph ., to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Luk_23:14 ; (b) to turn back, return: μάχαιραν , Mat_26:52 . Pass ., reflex., to turn oneself away from: c . acc , Mat_5:42 , 2Ti_1:15 , Tit_1:14 , Heb_12:25 ; so act. , absol. , Act_3:26 ( cf. Sir_8:5 ; Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer , 880).†

ἀποστρέφω [page 70] P Leid W xiv. 23 has the prayer Σάραπι . . μὴ ἀποστραφῇς με . An amulet, the opening lines of which were published by Wilcken in Archiv i. 427, and tentatively dated iii/v A.D., is given in BGU III. 955, Κύριε Σαβαὼθ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ·οτον (?) νόσον τῆς κεφαλ [ῆς ]. That these should be the only occurrences of so common a word we can cite from papyri is not a little perplexing. It occurs once in Syll 389 .14 (A.D. 129), where Ephesus offers thanks to Hadrian as ἀποστρέψαντά τε καὶ τὸν βλά [πτοντα τοὺς ] λιμένας ποταμὸν Κάϋστρον . Its literary record is plentiful, and it requires nine columns in HR, with nine occurrences in NT, and a good number in the early patristic writers included in Goodspeed s indices. It is also found in Apoc. Peter 8 of men who pervert righteousness ἀποστρέφοντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην .

ἀποστρέφω "to turn" one "back", i. e. either "to turn to flight, put to flight", Hom. ; or "to turn" him "back from" flight, Xen. ; πόδας καὶ χεῖρας "to twist back" the hands and feet so as to bind them, Od. ; so τὸν αὐχένα Hdt. :— "to turn back, avert" one's face, Od. , Eur. : "to bring back, recall", Xen. "to turn away, to divert" the course of a river, Hdt. : "to avert" a danger, Aesch. , Thuc. intr. (sub. ἑαυτόν, ἵππον, ναῦν, etc.), "to turn back", Hdt. , Soph. Pass., ἀπεστράφθαι τοὺς ἐμβόλους, of ships, "to have" their beaks "bent back", Hdt. ; ἀποστραφῆναι τὼ πόδε "to have" one's feet "twisted", Ar. "to turn away from", in abhorrence, Lat. aversari, c. acc., Soph. , Eur. ; absol., ἀπεστραμμένοι λόγοι "hostile" words, Hdt. "to turn oneself about, turn back", Xen. ; "to turn and flee", id=Xen. ἀποστραφῆναί τινος "to fall off from" one, "desert" him, id=Xen.

ἀπο-στρέφω [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ;] trans., with accusative, __(a) to turn away, remove: Rom.11:26, 2Ti.4:4; metaphorically, to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Luk.23:14; __(b) to turn back, return: μάχαιραν, Mat.26:52. Pass., reflex., to turn oneself away from: with accusative, Mat.5:42, 2Ti.1:15, Tit.1:14, Heb.12:25; so act., absol., Act.3:26 (cf. Sir.8:5; Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer, 880).† (AS)