Quick Definition
ἀποστρέφω v. I turn away, restore, reject
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 4762; to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: bring again, pervert, turn away (from)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.pass. ἀπεστράφην | στρέφω
31.70 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to cause to turn away from, to cause to change one’s belief, to mislead to cause someone to turn away from a previous belief For another interpretation of ἀποστρέφω in ACT 3:26, see 68.44. For another interpretation of ἀποστρέφω in LUK 23:14, 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 ἀποστρέφω in LUK 23:14, see 31.70.
85.52 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to return, to put back to cause something to be in a place where it was formerly
13.63 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Change of State
to change, to turn into, to remove from to cause something to turn into or to become something else or to become removed from something or someone
68.44 · Aspect · Cease, Stop
to stop, to cease, to reject (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀποστρέφω ‘to cause to turn back from,’ not occurring in the NT) to cease doing something, with the implication of rejection For another interpretation of ἀποστρέφω in ACT 3:26, see 31.70.
31.62 · (ἀποστρέφομαι[a]) · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to turn away from, to reject to no longer continue to believe as one has and hence to turn away from or to reject a previous set of beliefs
34.26 · (ἀποστρέφομαι[b]) · Association · Join, Begin To Associate
to fall away, to forsake, to turn away to abandon a former relationship or association, or to dissociate (a type of reversal of beginning to associate)
1 The meanings of παραπίπτω, ἐκπίπτω[c], ἀποστρέφομαι[b], and ἀφίσταμαι[b] appear to focus upon the initial aspects of dissociation. As such, they constitute a reversal of the process of joining or beginning to associate.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-στρέφω ; fut. ἀποστρέψω ; 1 aor. ἀπέστρεψα; 2 aor. pass. ἀπεστράφην:; [pres. mid. ἀποστρέφομαι; fr. Hom. down]; 1. to turn away: twa or τὶ ἀπό twos, 2 Tim. iv. 4 (τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας) ; to remove anything from any one, Ro. xi. 26 (Is. lix. 20); ἀποστρέφειν τινά simply, to turn him away from allegiance to any one, tempt to defection, [A. V. pervert], Lk. xxiii. 14. 2. to turn back, return, bring back: Mt. xxvi. 52 (put back thy sword into its sheath); Mt. xxvii. 3, of Judas bringing back the shekels, where T Tr WH ἔστρεψε, [cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Jos. § 17]. (Inthe same sense for 2 τ, Gen. xiv. 16; xxviii. 15; xliii. 11 (12), 20 (21), ete.; Bar. i. 8; ii. 34, ete.) 3. intrans. to turn one’s self away, turn back, return: ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν, Acts iii. 26, ef. 19, (ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, Sir. viii. 5; xvii. 21 [26 Tdf.]; to return from a place, Gen. xviii. 33 ; 1 Mace. xi. 54, ete.; [see Kneucker on Bar. i. 13]; Xen. Hell. 3, 4, 12); cf. Meyer on Acts l. c.; [al. (with A. V.) take it actively here: in turning away every one of you, ete.]. 4. Mid., with 2 aor. pass., fo turn one’s self away from, with ace. of the obj. (cf. [Jelf § 548 obs. 1; Kriig. § 47, 23,1]; B. 192 (166)); to reject, refuse: τινά, Mt. v. 42; Heb. xii. 25; τὴν ἀλήθειαν, Tit. i. 14; in the sense of deserting, τινά, 2 Vim. i. 15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποστρέφω apostrephō 9x
to turn away; to remove, Acts 3:26; Rom. 11:26; 2 Tim. 4:4; to turn a people from their allegiance, to their sovereign, pervert, incite to revolt, Lk. 23:14; to replace, restore, Mt. 26:52; to turn away from any one, to slight, reject, repulse, Mt. 5:42; Tit. 1:14; Heb. 12:25; to desert, 2 Tim. 1:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-στρέφω,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב;]
trans., c. acc., to turn away, remove: Ro 11:26, II Ti 4:4; metaph., to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Lk 23:14;
to turn back, return: μάχαιραν, Mt 26:52. Pass., reflex., to turn oneself away from: c. acc., Mt 5:42, II Ti 1:15, Tit 1:14, He 12:25; so act., absol., Ac 3:26 (cf. Si 8:5; Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer, 880).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποστρέφω. P Leid W*iv- 58 has the prayer Σάραπι. . μὴ ἀποστραφῇς pe. An amulet, the opening lines of which were published by Wilcken in Archiv i. 427, and tentatively dated iti/v A.D., is given in BGU III. 955, Κύριε Σαβαὼθ ἀπόστρεψον am’ ἐμοῦ 'οτον (9) νόσον τῆς κεφαλῆς]. 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 38914 (a.p. 129), where Ephesus offers thanks to [ladrian as ἀποστρέψαντά te καὶ τὸν βλάϊπτοντα τοὺς] λιμένας ποταμὸν Κάστρον. 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 ὃ of men who ‘‘pervert” righteousness—amoortpéepovtes τὴν δικαιοσύνην.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποστρέφω (apostrephō) — to turn away. ἀπο-στρέφω, Doric dialect aorist ἀποστράψαι[Refs]; Ionic dialect aorist ἀποστρέψασκε[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπέστροφα[LXX]:—passive and middle, future -στρέψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist -εστράφην [ᾰ[Refs 5th c.BC+] later -εστρεψάμην [LXX+5th c.BC+]: future -στρᾰφήσομαι[LXX]: perfect -έστραμμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect -εστράφατο[Refs]; -έστρεμμαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: —turn back: hence, either turn to flight, ὄφρ᾽.. Ἀχαιοὺς αὖτις ἀποστρέψῃσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; or turn back from flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; send home again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥῆμα bring back word, [LXX]; ἀποστρέψαντε πόδας καὶ χεῖρας having twisted back the hands and feet so as to bind them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; guide back again, ἀποστρέψαντες ἔβαν νέας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἴχνι᾽ ἀποστρέψας having turned the steps of the oxen backwards so as to make it appear that they had gone the other way, [Refs]; turn away, avert, αὐχέν᾽ ἀποστρέψας[Refs 6th c.BC+]; bring back, recall, ἐξ ἰσθμοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φῶτας ἀπέστρεψεν Περσεφόνης θαλάμων [[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. turn away or aside, divert, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕδατα cut off water from a besieged town, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸν πόλεμον ἐς Μακεδονίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; avert a danger, an evil, etc., πῆμ᾽ ἀ. νόσου[Refs 4th c.BC+]; prevent, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; rebut, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. ἀ. τινά τινος dissuade from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. as if intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν, ἵππον, ναῦν, etc.), turn back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. turn away or aside, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B passive, to be turned back, ἀπεστράφθαι τοὺς ἐμβόλους, of ships, to have their beaks bent back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστραφῆναι.. τὼ πόδε to have one's feet twisted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]closecurled, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II middle and passive, turn oneself from or away, ἀπεστραμμέναι ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων[Refs]back to back, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.II.1 turn one's face away from, abandon, with accusative, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἀπεστραμμένοι λόγοι hostile words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]to be alienated, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __B.II.2 turn oneself about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστραφῆναι λυγιζόμενος escape by wriggling, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.3 ἀποστραφῆναί τινος fall off from one, desert him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]