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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4761. στρεβλόω (strebloó) -- To twist, to distort</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4761.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/11-21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4761.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4761</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4760.htm" title="4760">◄</a> 4761. strebloó <a href="../greek/4762.htm" title="4762">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">strebloó: To twist, to distort</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">στρεβλόω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>strebloó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>streb-LO-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(streb-lo'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To twist, to distort<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I twist, torture; met: I twist or pervert language.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek root στρεβλός (streblós), meaning "twisted" or "distorted."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "strebloó," the concept of twisting or distorting can be related to Hebrew words like עָוַת (avah), meaning "to bend" or "to pervert," as seen in passages like Proverbs 17:20.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "strebloó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of twisting or distorting something, particularly in the context of misinterpreting or misrepresenting words or teachings. It conveys the idea of taking something that is straight or true and bending it out of shape, often with the implication of doing so intentionally or deceitfully.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, rhetoric and the art of persuasion were highly valued. The ability to twist or manipulate words for one's advantage was both a skill and a potential vice. In the context of early Christianity, the accurate transmission and interpretation of apostolic teaching were crucial, as false teachings and heresies posed significant threats to the fledgling church. The use of "strebloó" reflects the concern for maintaining doctrinal purity and the dangers of distorting the truth.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 4761</b> <i>streblóō</i> ("from <a href="/greek/4762.htm">4762</a> <i>/stréphō</i>, 'twist, turn,' " J. Thayer) – "properly, 'to twist, causing torture'; (figuratively) to twist (pervert) <i>language</i>" (<i>A-S</i>). <a href="/greek/4762.htm">See 4762</a> (<i>strephō</i>).</p><p class="discovery">M. Vincent, "<a href="/greek/4761.htm">4761</a> <i>/streblóō</i> ('to wrest, twist') is applied to <i>perverting</i> (twisting) Scripture" (used only in 2 Pet 3:16).</p><p class="discovery">[The noun-form (<i>streblē</i>) literally refers to an <i>instrument</i> of torture ("a winch"). Hence <a href="/greek/4761.htm">4761</a> <i>/streblóō</i> ("twist, wrest") implies "to torture; put to the rack," i.e. to twist or dislocate (like limbs on a torture rack).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from streblos (twisted)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to twist<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>distort (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4761: στρεβλόω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">στρεβλόω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">στρέβλω</span>; (<span class="greek2">στρεβλός</span> (from <span class="greek2">στρέφω</span>) twisted, Latin<span class="latin">tortuosus</span>; hence, <span class="greek2">στρέβλη</span>, feminine, an instrument of torture); <span class="accented">to twist, turn awry (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>); to torture, put to the rack</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, 3Macc. 4:14); metaphorically, <span class="accented">to pervert,</span> of one who wrests or tortures language to a false sense, <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/3-16.htm">2 Peter 3:16</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>wrest. <p>From a derivative of <a href="/greek/4762.htm">strepho</a>; to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert -- wrest. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4762.htm">strepho</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>στρεβλουσιν στρεβλούσιν στρεβλοῦσιν στρεβλωθήση στρεπτά στρεπτήν στρεπτόν streblousin strebloûsin<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_peter/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Peter 3:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-PIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἀστήρικτοι <b>στρεβλοῦσιν</b> ὡς καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_peter/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and unstable <span class="itali">distort,</span> as [they do] also<br><a href="/kjvs/2_peter/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and unstable <span class="itali">wrest,</span> as [they do] also<br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and unestablished <span class="itali">distort</span> as also<p><b><a href="/greek/4761.htm">Strong's Greek 4761</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4761.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/streblousin_4761.htm">στρεβλοῦσιν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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