ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΩ, περιτρεπω
PERITREPŌ, peritrepō
Sounds Like: peh-ree-TREH-poh
Translations: to turn around, to overturn, to overthrow, to subvert, to pervert, to drive insane
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΠΕΡΙ (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb ΤΡΕΠΩ (trepo), meaning 'to turn'. Together, it means to turn something completely around, often implying a forceful or destructive action like overturning or overthrowing. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to subvert or pervert, or even to drive someone to madness or insanity by turning their mind around.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative (1st Person Singular) or Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4064 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΤΡΕΨΕ — overturned, overthrew, subverted, turned around
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΑΠΕΝΤΟΣ — having been overturned, having been turned around, having been turned about, having been overthrown
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΕΙ — turns, overturns, subverts, drives, turns about
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΟΜΕΝΑ — being overturned, being turned about, being overthrown, being capsized, being subverted
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΙ — overturning, subverting, turning around, turning about, turning over
- ΠΕΡΙΤΡΕΨΕΙ — overthrow, turn around, subvert, pervert
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