UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: στρέφω; aor.pass.; ἐστράφην; στρέφω; ptc.; στραφείς

Sense 1: to turn

Semantic entry: 16.14

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: to cause something to turn

MAT 5:39: RV MAT 5:39 · LV MAT 5:39 · Read together MAT 5:39

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OET-RV MAT 5:39

39 but I’m telling you not to resist those who want to hurt you. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn your left cheek towards them,

OET-LV MAT 5:39

39 But I am _saying to _you _all, not to _resist against _the evil, but whoever is _slapping you you on the right cheek, of _you turn to _him also the other,

MAT 7:6: RV MAT 7:6 · LV MAT 7:6 · Read together MAT 7:6

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OET-RV MAT 7:6

6 “Don’t give special things to dogs, and don’t throw pearls to pigs, because they’ll all just trample them underfoot, and then they’re just as likely to turn and attack you.

OET-LV MAT 7:6

6 You _all _may_ not _give the holy thing to _the dogs, nor may _you _all _throw the pearls of _you _all before the pigs, lest they _will _be _trampling them with the feet of _them, and having _been _turned they _may _attack you _all.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:39 · RV MAT 7:6 · RV MAT 16:23 · LV MAT 5:39 · LV MAT 7:6 · LV MAT 16:23 · Read together MAT 5:39 · Read together MAT 7:6 · Read together MAT 16:23

JHN: RV JHN 1:38 · LV JHN 1:38 · Read together JHN 1:38

Sense 2: to change, to turn into, to remove from

Semantic entry: 13.63

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Change of State

Definition: to cause something to turn into or to become something else

REV 11:6: RV REV 11:6 · LV REV 11:6 · Read together REV 11:6

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OET-RV REV 11:6

6 Those witnesses have the power to stop the rain so that it doesn’t rain while they’re speaking out, and they have power to turn rivers and lakes into blood, and to damage the earth with every type of disaster just as often as they want.

OET-LV REV 11:6

6 These are _having the power to _shut the sky, in _order _that no rain may _be _raining in _the days of _the prophecy of _them, and power they _are _having over the waters, to _be _turning them into blood, and to _strike the earth with every plague, as _often _as if they _may _want.

Sense 3: to bring back, to carry back to, to take back to

Semantic entry: 15.195

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Carry, Bear

Definition: to carry something back to a point where it had been formerly

Notes: It is also possible to interpret στρέφω in RV MAT 27:3 · LV MAT 27:3 · Read together MAT 27:3 as ‘pay back’ or ‘giving back money’ (see 57.157: στρέφω).

MAT 27:3: RV MAT 27:3 · LV MAT 27:3 · Read together MAT 27:3

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OET-RV MAT 27:3

3 When Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas), (the one who had turned him in) saw that he was being sentenced to death, he regretted his actions and returned the payment to the chief priests and elders

OET-LV MAT 27:3

3 Then Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) the one giving_ him _over, having _seen that he _was _condemned, having _been _regretful, he _returned the thirty silver _coins to _the chief _priests and elders

Sense 4: to pay back, to return a payment

Semantic entry: 57.157

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Pay, Price, Cost

Definition: to return a payment

Notes: It is possible to interpret στρέφω in RV MAT 27:3 · LV MAT 27:3 · Read together MAT 27:3 as simply meaning ‘to bring back’ or ‘to take back’ (see 15.195: στρέφω).

MAT 27:3: RV MAT 27:3 · LV MAT 27:3 · Read together MAT 27:3

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OET-RV MAT 27:3

3 When Yehudah (Judas; Grk. Yudas), (the one who had turned him in) saw that he was being sentenced to death, he regretted his actions and returned the payment to the chief priests and elders

OET-LV MAT 27:3

3 Then Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) the one giving_ him _over, having _seen that he _was _condemned, having _been _regretful, he _returned the thirty silver _coins to _the chief _priests and elders

Sense 5: to reject, to turn away from

Semantic entry: 34.28

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Join, Begin To Associate

Definition: to reject an existing relation of association

ACT 7:42: RV ACT 7:42 · LV ACT 7:42 · Read together ACT 7:42

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OET-RV ACT 7:42

42 But God turned and allowed them to serve the heavenly armies, just as the prophets wrote,
⇔ ‘It wasn’t me that you Israelis sacrificed to for those forty years in the wilderness.

OET-LV ACT 7:42

42 But the god turned, and gave_ them _over to _be _serving unto _the army of_ the _heaven, as it _has _been _written in scroll of _the prophets:
You _all_ not _offered victims and sacrifices to _me, because/forty years?
in the wilderness, house of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)?

Sense 6: to turn around, to turn toward

Semantic entry: 16.13

Semantic domains: Non-Linear Movement

Definition: to turn around to or toward

Forms: στρέφομαι[a]

MAT 9:22: RV MAT 9:22 · LV MAT 9:22 · Read together MAT 9:22

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OET-RV MAT 9:22

22 Yeshua turned and saw her and said, “Be encouraged, daughter, your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed that very moment.

OET-LV MAT 9:22

22 But the Yaʸsous having _been _turned and having _seen her said:
Be _having _courage, daughter, the faith of _you has _healed you.
And the woman was _healed from the that hour.

LUK 7:9: RV LUK 7:9 · LV LUK 7:9 · Read together LUK 7:9

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OET-RV LUK 7:9

9 When he heard that, Yeshua was amazed and turned to face the crowd that was following him and said, “I can tell you that never before in all of Yisrael (Israel) have I encountered so much faith!”

OET-LV LUK 7:9

9 And having _heard these things the Yaʸsous, marvelled at _him, and having _been _turned to _the crowd following after _him said:
I _am _saying to _you _all, not _even in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) I _found so _much faith.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 9:22 · LV MAT 9:22 · Read together MAT 9:22

LUK: RV LUK 7:9 · RV LUK 7:44 · RV LUK 9:55 · RV LUK 10:23 · RV LUK 14:25 · RV LUK 22:61 · RV LUK 23:28 · LV LUK 7:9 · LV LUK 7:44 · LV LUK 9:55 · LV LUK 10:23 · LV LUK 14:25 · LV LUK 22:61 · LV LUK 23:28 · Read together LUK 7:9 · Read together LUK 7:44 · Read together LUK 9:55 · Read together LUK 10:23 · Read together LUK 14:25 · Read together LUK 22:61 · Read together LUK 23:28

JHN: RV JHN 20:14 · RV JHN 20:16 · LV JHN 20:14 · LV JHN 20:16 · Read together JHN 20:14 · Read together JHN 20:16

Sense 7: to turn to, to come to believe, to come to accept

Semantic entry: 31.60

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Change an Opinion Concerning Truth

Definition: to change one’s belief, with focus upon that to which one turns

Notes: In analyzing the meaning of στρέφω[g], ἐπιστρέφω [source selector 000001][b], and ἐπιστροφή[a] in such passages as RV MAT 18:3 · LV MAT 18:3 · Read together MAT 18:3, RV JHN 12:40 · LV JHN 12:40 · Read together JHN 12:40, and RV ACT 7:39 · LV ACT 7:39 · Read together ACT 7:39, it is difficult to determine the extent to which belief or behavior is primarily in focus. In the case of RV PE1 2:25 · LV PE1 2:25 · Read together PE1 2:25, one could certainly argue that the emphasis is upon the interpersonal relationship. It is therefore essential in rendering these terms not to narrow the meaning too much, for in this way one would certainly do violence to certain crucial semantic features.|For another interpretation of στρέφομαι in RV MAT 18:3 · LV MAT 18:3 · Read together MAT 18:3, see 41.50: στρέφω.