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Strong's G1294 διαστρέφω (diastrepho)

Diastrepho means “turn away” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1294 — berakah (“Berachah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1294
Language Greek
Linked Usages 39
Books 21

Strong's G1294 Quick Answer

Strong's G1294 διαστρέφω (diastrepho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diastrepho (dee-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to distort 2. (figuratively) misinterpret It has 39 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include perverse and turn. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
diastrepho (dee-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to distort 2. (figuratively) misinterpret
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
perverse and turn

Meaning and Definition

diastrepho (dee-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to distort 2. (figuratively) misinterpret 3. (morally) corrupt [from G1223 and G4762] KJV: perverse(-rt), turn away Root(s): G1223, G4762

Original Word
διαστρέφω
Transliteration
diastrepho
Derivation
Root: στρέφω R1: 1223 R2: 4762
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1294. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to pervert

Usage: δια-στρέφω [in LXX for הָפַךְ, עָקַשׁ, etc. ;] to distort, twist; metaphorically, to distort, pervert: Luk.23:2, Act.13:8, 10; διεστραμμένος, perverse: Mat.17:17, Luk.9:41, Act.20:30, Php.2:15.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1294 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diastrepho, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

perverse Matthew 17:17 turn Acts 13:8

How Strong's G1294 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1294 (διαστρέφω) appears 33 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1294 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1294 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 17:17 KJV

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

Luke 9:41 KJV

And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

Luke 23:2 KJV

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

Strong's G1294 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 5:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.

Exodus 23:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.

Numbers 15:39 Septuagint / Brenton

And it shall be on your fringes, and ye shall look on them, and ye shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and ye shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes in the things after which ye go a-whoring;

Strong's G1294 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 11:34 Septuagint / Brenton

Receive a stranger into thy house, and he will disturb thee, And turn thee out of thine own.

Wisdom of Sirach 19:25 Septuagint / Brenton

There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust; And there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear.

Wisdom of Sirach 27:23 Septuagint / Brenton

When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, And will admire thy words: But at the last he will writhe his mouth, And slander thy sayings.

Strong's G1294 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 99:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness, And transgress the eternal law, And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]: They shall be trodden under foot upon the earth.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1294.

Exodus 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.
Exodus 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
Numbers 15:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be on your fringes, and ye shall look on them, and ye shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and ye shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes in the things after which ye go a-whoring;
Numbers 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And why do ye pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them?
Deuteronomy 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have sinned, not pleasing him; spotted children, A froward and perverse generation.
Judges 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, They deserted the ways, and went in byways; They went in crooked paths.
3 Kingdoms 18:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to Elijah, Art thou he that perverts Israel?
3 Kingdoms 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is thou and thy father’s house, in that ye forsake the Lord your God, and thou hast gone after Baalim.
Job 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will carry round the encircling clouds by his governance, to perform their works: Whatsoever he shall command them,
Psalms 17:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And with the excellent man thou wilt be excellent; And with the perverse thou wilt show frowardness.
Proverbs 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His perverse heart devises evils: At all times such a one causes troubles to a city.
Proverbs 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, And insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; And I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Proverbs 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he that perverts his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 11:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: But all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
Proverbs 16:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, And marks out with his lips all evils: He is a furnace of wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: And deficiency cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold the works of God: For who shall be able to straighten Him whom God has made crooked?
Ecclesiastes 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, And the mighty men shall become bent, And the grinding women cease because they have become few, And the women looking out at the windows be dark;
Isaiah 59:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace.
Ezekiel 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Woe to the women that sew pillows under every elbow, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of my people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive.
Ezekiel 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because ye have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I perverted him not, and that in order to strengthen the hands of the wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live:
Ezekiel 16:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there has happened in thee perverseness in thy fornication beyond other women, and they have committed fornication with thee, in that thou givest hires over and above, and hires were not given to thee; and thus perverseness happened in thee.
Micah 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear now these words, ye chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;
Habakkuk 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.
Matthew 17:17 New Testament, KJV
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Luke 9:41 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
Luke 23:2 New Testament, KJV
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Acts 13:8 New Testament, KJV
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Acts 13:10 New Testament, KJV
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Acts 20:30 New Testament, KJV
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Philippians 2:15 New Testament, KJV
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Wisdom of Sirach 11:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Receive a stranger into thy house, and he will disturb thee, And turn thee out of thine own.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust; And there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, And will admire thy words: But at the last he will writhe his mouth, And slander thy sayings.
Daniel 1:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now God had brought Daniel into favor and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs.
Daniel 1:56 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:56 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
1 Enoch 99:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness, And transgress the eternal law, And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]: They shall be trodden under foot upon the earth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1294, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1294 FAQ

What does diastrepho (διαστρέφω) mean?

Diastrepho (Strong's G1294) is a Greek word most simply glossed "turn away". diastrepho (dee-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to distort 2. (figuratively) misinterpret

How many times is diastrepho (διαστρέφω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G1294 across 21 books.

Where can I study diastrepho (διαστρέφω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1294 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate diastrepho (διαστρέφω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as perverse and turn. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1294 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 24 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1294, with linked reader references where each row is available.