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Strong's #1294 - διαστρέφω
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- to distort, turn aside
- to oppose, plot against the saving purposes and plans of God
- to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt
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διαστρέφω,
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1. turn different ways, twist about, τὰ σώματα, as in the dance, X. Smp. 7.3; δ. τὸ πρόσωπον to distort it, Plu. 2.535a: — mostly Pass., to be distorted or twisted, of the eyes, limbs, etc., Hp. Aph. 4.49; ἡ ῥὶς δ. Id. Art. 38; μέλη διεστραμμένα Pl. Grg. 524c; to be warped, τὰ διεστραμμένα τῶν ξύλων Arist. EN 1109b6: also of persons, to have one's eyes distorted, or to have one's neck twisted (Scholl. give both interprr.), εὐδαιμονίζω δ' εἰ διαστραφήσομαι; Ar. Eq. 175; so ἀπολαύσομαί τί γ' εἰ δ. Id. Av. 177; of the eyes, διεστράφην ἰδών Id. Ach. 15; τὰ ὄμματα διαστρέφεσθαι Arist. Pr. 960a13; without ὄμματα, ib. 9, cf. 957b7; ὁ διεστραμμένος, opp. ὁ τυφλός, Eup. 276.3; διεστρ. τοὺς πόδας with the feet twisted, Paus. 5.18.1, cf. Arist. Pr. 896b5: of torture, τῇ κλίμακι διαστρέφονται Com.Adesp. 422; διεστράφησαν τὸν στόμαχον had their stomachs turned, Jul. Or. 6.190d.
2. metaph., distort, pervert, [ τρόπον χρηστόν ] E. Fr. 597; τοὺς νόμους Isaiah 11:4; τὸν δικαστήν Arist. Rh. 1354a24; ὑπόληψιν Id. EN 1140b14; τῶν διαστρεφόντων (sc. παθῶν) Phld. Lib. p.32 O.; διαστρέψαντες τἀληθῆ having misrepresented it, D. Prooem. 46.2: — Pass., διαστραφῆναι τὴν διάνοιαν Luc. Vit. Auct. 24; γενεὰ διεστραμμένη perverse, LXX De. 32.5.
II turn aside, divert, ἴχνος τὸ πρόσθεν φρενῶν A. Supp. 1017.
III sens. obsc., = βινεῖν, Eup. 7 D.
διαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive διαστρέψαι; passive participle διεστραμμένος (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170f); from Aeschylus down;
a. to distort, turn aside: τάς ὁδούς κυρίου τάς εὐθείας, figuratively (Proverbs 10:10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God, Acts 13:10. Hence,
b. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt: τό ἔθνος, Luke 23:2 (Polybius 5, 41, 1; 8, 24, 3); τινα ἀπό τίνος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from, etc. Acts 13:8 (Exodus 5:4;voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cicero); διεστραμμένος, perverse, corrupt, wicked: Matthew 17:17; Luke 9:41; Acts 20:30; Philippians 2:15.
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δια -στρέφω ,
[in LXX for H2015, H6140, etc.;]
to distort, twist; metaph., to distort, pervert: Luke 23:2, Acts 13:8; Acts 13:10; διεστραμμένος , perverse: Matthew 17:17, Luke 9:41, Acts 20:30, Philippians 2:15.†
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For the use of δ. in Philippians 2:15 Lightfoot cites Epict. iii. 6. 8 οἱ μὴ παντάπασι διεστραμμένοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων (cf. i. 29. 3). Kennedy (EGT ad. l.) aptly compares the Scotch expression ";thrawn,"; ";having a twist"; in the inner nature. The subst. occurs in the vi/A.D. P Oxy VIII. 1165.5 where one advocate writes to another expostulating—διὰ τοὺς γεωργούς μου τοὺς ἐν τῷ Ἀμούλῃ ἐν τοιαύτῃ διαστροφῇ γενέσθαι, ";because my cultivators at Amoules have been put to such straits"; (Ed.).
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