King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4761
Transliteration: strebloō
Phonetic Spelling: (streb-lo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to twist
Meaning: to twist
στρεβλόω, 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.
Word 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.