The Linked Word Project

Strong's Number G4761

στρεβλόω
strebloo · streb-lo'-o
Transliteration:
strebloo{streb-lo'-o}
Word Origin:
from a derivative of 4762
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert
Usage in the KJV:
wrest 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. to twist, turn awry
  2. to torture, put to the rack
  3. metaph. to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language in a false sense
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament