STRONGS G1294:
διαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive
διαστρέψαι; perfect passive participle
διεστραμμένος [cf.
WHs Appendix, p. 170f]; from Aeschylus down;
a. to distort, turn aside:
τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου τὰς εὐθείας, figuratively (
Proverbs 10:10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God,
Acts 13:10. Hence,
b. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt:
τὸ ἔθνος,
Luke 23:2 (Polybius 5, 41, 1; 8, 24, 3);
τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from, etc.
Acts 13:8, (
Exodus 5:4;
voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cicero);
διεστραμμένος,
perverse, corrupt, wicked:
Matthew 17:17;
Luke 9:41;
Acts 20:30;
Philippians 2:15.
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