to turn away

Greek Verb

ἀπο-στρέφω [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב;] trans, with accusative, (a) to turn away, remove: Rom.11:26, 2Ti.4:4; metaphorically, to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Luk.23:14; (b) to turn back, return: μάχαιραν, Mat.26:52. Pass, reflex, to turn oneself away from: with accusative, Mat.5:42, 2Ti.1:15, Tit.1:14, Heb.12:25; so act, absol, Act.3:26 (cf. Sir.8:5; Bl, § 53, 1; Cremer, 880). (AS)

to turn away

Greek Verb

ἀπο-στρέφω, Doric dialect aorist ἀποστράψαι[Refs]; Ionic dialect aorist ἀποστρέψασκε[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπέστροφα[LXX]:—passive and middle, future -στρέψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist -εστράφην [ᾰ[Refs 5th c.BC+] later -εστρεψάμην [LXX+5th c.BC+]: future -στρᾰφήσομαι[LXX]: perfect -έστραμμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect -εστράφατο[Refs]; -έστρεμμαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: —turn back: hence, either turn to flight, ὄφρ᾽. Ἀχαιοὺς αὖτις ἀποστρέψῃσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; or turn back from flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; send home again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥῆμα bring back word, [LXX]; ἀποστρέψαντε πόδας καὶ χεῖρας having twisted back the hands and feet so as to bind them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; guide back again, ἀποστρέψαντες ἔβαν νέας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἴχνι᾽ ἀποστρέψας having turned the steps of the oxen backwards so as to make it appear that they had gone the other way, [Refs]; turn away, avert, αὐχέν᾽ ἀποστρέψας[Refs 6th c.BC+]; bring back, recall, ἐξ ἰσθμοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φῶτας ἀπέστρεψεν Περσεφόνης θαλάμων [[Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) turn away or aside, divert, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕδατα cut off water from a besieged town, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸν πόλεμον ἐς Μακεδονίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; avert a danger, an evil, etc, πῆμ᾽ ἀ. νόσου[Refs 4th c.BC+]; prevent, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; rebut, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) ἀ. τινά τινος dissuade from, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) as if intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν, ἵππον, ναῦν, etc.), turn back, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) turn away or aside, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B) passive, to be turned back, ἀπεστράφθαι τοὺς ἐμβόλους, of ships, to have their beaks bent back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστραφῆναι. τὼ πόδε to have one's feet twisted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]closecurled, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.II) middle and passive, turn oneself from or away, ἀπεστραμμέναι ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων[Refs]back to back, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] B.II.1) turn one's face away from, abandon, with accusative, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἀπεστραμμένοι λόγοι hostile words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]to be alienated, [Refs 1st c.BC+] B.II.2) turn oneself about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστραφῆναι λυγιζόμενος escape by wriggling, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.3) ἀποστραφῆναί τινος fall off from one, desert him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to turn away or back (literally or figuratively); bring again, pervert, turn away (from); from g575 (ἀπό) and g4762 (στρέφω)