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Strong's #1624 - ἐκτρέπω
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ἐκτρέπω,
I Ion. ἐκτρᾰχηλ-τράπω [ᾰ],
1. turn out of the course, turn aside, τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον Hdt. 1.186, cf. 2.11, Th. 5.65; μηδ' εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς A. Ag. 1464 (lyr.), cf. Th. 628 (lyr.); τὸ δυστυχὲς δὲ τοῦτ' ἐς ἄλλον ἐκτρέπει E. Supp. 483; ἑαυτοῦ μιαρίαν εἴς τινα ἐ. Antipho 2.3.9; ἐ. [τινὰ] πρὸς ποίμνας S. Aj. 53: — Pass. and Med., turn off o[*] aside, ἐκτραπέσθαι ὁδὸν μακροτέρην Hdt. 1.104: abs., Id. 2.80, X. HG 7.4.22, etc.: c. gen., turn aside from, τοῦ πρόσθεν λόγου S. OT 851; also ἐ. ἐκ.. Hdt. 1.75; ἀπὸ.. ἐπί.. Pl. Sph. 222a; πόθεν δεῦρο ἐξετραπόμεθα Id. R. 543c.
2. turn a person off the road, order him out of the way, S. OT 806: — Pass. (fut. -τραπήσομαι Luc. Herm. 86) and Med., ἐκτρέπεσθαί τινα get out of one's way, D. 19.225, cf. Ar. Pl. 837, Luc. Tim. 5; avoid, τὸν ἔλεγχον Plb. 35.4.14; τὴν φιλοσοφίαν Jul. Or. 7.223d: c. inf., ὀφθῆναι AP 10.56.10 (Pall.): abs., cj. in S. OC 1541.
3. τὴν δρῶσαν ἐ. prevent her from acting, Id. El. 350.
4. ἀσπίδας θύρσοις ἐ. turn shields and flee before the thyrsus, E. Ba. 799.
II Med., turn away, φίλους Democr. 101; also ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὰ ἐντὸς ἐκτός turns itself inside out, Arist. HA 621a7.
III Medic. in Pass., to be diverted or everted, Hp. Steril. 213, Off. 14, Dsc. 2.15 (perh. to be put out of joint, Hebrews 12:13, Hippiatr. 26). turn or change, εἴς ἄσπορον PRyl. 133.22 (i A.D.), cf. Ael. NA 14.28: — Pass., εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν ἐκτραπῆναι Plb. 6.4.9; ὑπ' ἀγεννείας εἰς μέμψεις Arr. Epict. 1.6.42. Pass., to be brought to birth, Astrol. t.t., Vett. Val. 50.27, al.
ἐκ -τρέπω ,
[in LXX for H2015, Amos 5:8*;]
to turn out of the course, turn aside, c. acc Pass., with middle sense, intrans., to turn aside: Hebrews 12:13 (R, txt., for be put out of joint, R, mg., v. Thayer, s.v. Westc., in l); fig., seq. εἰς , 1 Timothy 1:6; ἐπί , 2 Timothy 4:4; ὀπίσω , 1 Timothy 5:15; c. acc, to shun, avoid: 1 Timothy 6:20.†
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In P Ryl II. 133.22 (A.D. 33) the mention of the danger of fields being ";left unsown";—εἰς ἄσπορον ἐκτραπῆν [α ]ι —shows the verb in a more general sense than in the possible medical reference in Hebrews 12:13 ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, ";be put out of joint"; (RV mg.). For the meaning ";turn aside,"; as in 1 Timothy 1:6, we may compare Epict. i. 6. 42 οἱ δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀγεννείας εἰς μέμψεις καὶ [τὰ ] ἐγκλήματα τῷ θεῷ ἐκτρεπόμενοι, and for the acc. constr., as in 1 Timothy 6:20, see Oenoanda col. 29, 7 ἐ. δεῖ τοὺς σοφιστικοὺς λόγους (cited by Nägeli, p. 19), and Musonius p. 26.4 τὰ μὲν ἀληθῶς κακὰ πάσῃ μηχανῇ ἐκτρέπεσθαι.
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