ΔΙΕΣΤΡΕΦΟΝ, διεστρεφον
DIESTREPHON, diestrephon
Sounds Like: dee-eh-STREH-fon
Translations: they were distorting, they were perverting, they were turning aside, they were corrupting
From the root: ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'διαστρέφω', which means to distort, pervert, or turn aside. It is a compound word formed from 'διά' (through, apart) and 'στρέφω' (to turn). In this form, it describes an ongoing action in the past, indicating that 'they' were in the process of distorting or perverting something.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1294 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 101:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 13:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΑΠΗ — you may be perverted, you may be corrupted, you may be twisted, you may be distorted
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΑΦΗ — be distorted, be perverted, be twisted, be corrupted, be turned aside
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be perverted, you will be distorted, you will be turned aside, you will be led astray
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΑΦΩΣΙΝ — to distort, to pervert, to turn aside, to corrupt, to lead astray, to turn away, to make crooked
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΙ — he distorts, he perverts, he turns aside, he corrupts
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΙΝ — to distort, to pervert, to turn aside, to corrupt, to mislead
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΕ — you pervert, you distort, you turn aside, you mislead, pervert, distort, turn aside, mislead
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΑ — perverting, distorting, misleading, turning aside, corrupting
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΕΣ — perverting, distorting, turning aside, corrupting, misleading
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΩ — pervert, distort, turn aside, mislead, corrupt
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΦΩΝ — perverting, distorting, turning aside, misleading, corrupting
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΙ — to pervert, to distort, to turn aside, to turn away, to corrupt
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΨΕΙ — he will distort, he will pervert, he will turn aside, he will turn away, he will corrupt
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΣ — you will pervert, you will distort, you will turn aside, you will corrupt
- ΔΙΑΣΤΡΕΨΗ — perversion, distortion, turning aside, a perversion, a distortion
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΑ — perverted, distorted, crooked, corrupt, perverse, twisted, perverted things, distorted things
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΑΙ — perverted, crooked, twisted, distorted
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΑΣ — perverted, crooked, distorted, twisted, corrupt, depraved
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΗ — perverted, crooked, twisted, corrupt, depraved, a perverted, a crooked, a twisted, a corrupt, a depraved
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΗΣ — perverted, crooked, twisted, distorted, corrupt, of a perverted (generation)
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΝ — perverted, crooked, twisted, distorted, corrupt, depraved, a perverted thing, a crooked thing
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΩΣ — perversely, crookedly, wrongly, wickedly
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΑΝ — they were perverted, they were twisted, they were corrupted, they were distorted
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΕ — you were perverting, you were distorting, you were turning aside, you were corrupting
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΝ — they distorted, they perverted, they turned aside, they corrupted, they twisted
- ΔΙΕΣΤΡΕΨΕΝ — distorted, perverted, corrupted, turned aside, twisted, led astray
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