Strong’s
G4761Verb1 time in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Peter 3:16στρεβλοῦσιν
He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Abbott-Smith
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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.