Lexical Summary strebloō: to twist Original Word: στρεβλόωTransliteration: strebloō Phonetic Spelling: (streb-lo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to twist Meaning: to twist Strong's Concordance wrest. From a derivative of strepho; to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert -- wrest. see GREEK strepho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4761: στρεβλόωστρεβλόω, στρέβλω; (στρεβλός (from στρέφω) twisted, Latintortuosus; hence, στρέβλη, feminine, an instrument of torture); to twist, turn awry (Herodotus); to torture, put to the rack (Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, Josephus, 3Macc. 4:14); metaphorically, to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language to a false sense, 2 Peter 3:16. |
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