ἘΞΕΣΤΡΕΦΟΝ, ἐξεστρεφον
EXESTREPHON, exestrephon
Sounds Like: eks-ES-treh-phon
Translations: I was turning out, I was turning away, I was perverting, I was turning inside out
From the root: ΕΚΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the first person singular imperfect active indicative form of the verb ἐκστρέφω (ekstrephō). It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past. It means to turn something out or away, to pervert, or to turn something inside out. It can be used to describe physically turning something or metaphorically turning someone away from a path or perverting their understanding.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1620 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 38:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΣΤΡΕΦΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΕΣ — turning out, perverting, subverting, those who turn out, those who pervert
- ἘΚΣΤΡΕΨΕΙ — he will turn out, he will turn away, he will pervert, he will subvert
- ἘΞΕΣΤΡΑΠΤΑΙ — has been turned inside out, has been perverted, has been corrupted, has been subverted
- ἘΞΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΤΕ — you turned, you perverted, you twisted, you distorted
- ΕΚΣΤΡΕΦΩ — to turn inside out, to pervert, to distort, to corrupt, to subvert
- ΕΚΣΤΡΕΨΕΙ — he will turn, he will turn out, he will turn aside, he will pervert, he will corrupt
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