ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΕΙΝ, παρατρεπειν
PARATREPEIN, paratrepein
Sounds Like: pa-ra-TREH-pine
Translations: to turn aside, to pervert, to distort, to divert, to turn away
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition παρά (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and the verb τρέπω (trepo), meaning 'to turn'. It signifies the act of turning something aside from its proper course, diverting it, or perverting its original intention or meaning. It can be used to describe actions that lead astray or corrupt.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3962 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 25:223
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΕΤΑΙ — is turned aside, is diverted, is perverted, is distorted
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΟΥΣΑ — turning aside, diverting, perverting, corrupting
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΠΩ — to turn aside, to pervert, to distort, to turn away, to avert
- ΠΑΡΑΤΡΕΨΑΙ — to turn aside, to pervert, to distort, to divert, to turn away
- ΠΑΡΕΤΡΕΠΟΝ — they were turning aside, they were diverting, they were perverting, they were distorting
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