Original: στρεβλόω

Transliteration: streblóō

Phonetic: streb-lo'-o

Short Definition: Wrest

- Original: στρεβλόω

- Transliteration: Strebloo

- Phonetic: streb-lo'-o

- 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

- Origin: from a derivative of G4762

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a derivative of G4762; to wrench that is (specifically) to torture (by the rack) but only figuratively to pervert: - wrest.