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Greek Word Study · Strong’s G4761

στρεβλόω

strebloō · “to distort”

Used 1 times across 1 book

Definition
στρεβλόω, -ῶ
(στρέφω), [in LXX: 2Ki.22:27 (פָּתַל hithp.), 3Ma.4:14, 4Ma.9:17 4Mac 12:4 4Mac 12:11 4Mac 15:14 * ;]
to twist, torture. Metaphorical (cf. 2Ki, l.with), to twist or pervert language: 2Pe.3:16.†
Where it appears
2 Peter
1
In the text
2 Peter 3:16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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