ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩ, στρεβλω
STREBLŌ, streblō
Sounds Like: streh-BLOH
Translations: to twist, to distort, to torture, to pervert, to wrench, to make crooked
From the root: ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to twist, distort, or make crooked. It can be used literally to describe the physical act of twisting something, or figuratively to describe the perversion or distortion of truth or justice. In a more severe context, it can refer to torturing someone by twisting their limbs or body.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative Mood
Strong’s number: G4761 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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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, ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΣΑΜΕΝ — we twisted, we distorted, we perverted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟ — to twist, to torture, to distort, to pervert
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΥ — to twist, to distort, to torture, to pervert
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being twisted, being distorted, being tortured, being perverted, those who are twisted, those who are tortured
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — being twisted, being tortured, being distorted, being perverted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΥΝ — to twist, to distort, to pervert
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they twist, they distort, they pervert
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΥΤΕ — you twist, you distort, you pervert
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΩ — to twist, to distort, to pervert
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been twisted, having been perverted, having been distorted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΘΕΝΤΕΣ — being twisted, having been twisted, being perverted, having been perverted, being distorted, having been distorted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΘΗΣΗ — you will be perverted, you will be twisted, you will be distorted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΣΑΙ — to twist, to distort, to pervert, to torture
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΤΗΡΙΑ — instruments of torture, racks, tortures
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