Redirected from ϲτρεβλαι, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΣΤΡΕΒΛΑΙ, στρεβλαι
STREBLAI, streblai
Sounds Like: STREB-lai
Translations: tortures, instruments of torture, torments, twisted, crooked, perverse, a twisted thing, a crooked thing
From the root: ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to things that are twisted, crooked, or perverse. As a noun, it can specifically mean instruments of torture or the act of torturing, implying a twisting or distorting action. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something as twisted, crooked, or perverse in a moral or physical sense.
Inflection: Plural, Feminine, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4762 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 33:27
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 30:35
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΑΙΣ — perverse, crooked, twisted, distorted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΑΝ — twisted, perverted, crooked, a twisted thing, a perverted thing
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΗ — perverse, crooked, twisted, a perverse (thing/person)
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΗΝ — perverse, crooked, twisted, a perverse (thing), a crooked (thing), a twisted (thing)
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΝ — crooked, twisted, perverse, a crooked thing, a twisted thing, a perverse thing
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΟΣ — twisted, perverse, crooked, distorted
- ΣΤΡΕΒΛΩΝ — of tortures, of instruments of torture, of twisted things, of perverse things
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