Ektrepo means “avoid” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1624 — garah (“contend”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1624 ἐκτρέπω (ektrepo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ektrepo (ek-trep'-o) v. 1. to deflect, i.e. turn away {literally or figuratively} It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include turned, avoiding, and turn. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
ektrepo (ek-trep'-o) v. 1. to deflect, i.e. turn away {literally or figuratively} [from G1537 and the base of G5157] KJV: avoid, turn (aside, out of the way) Root(s): G1537, G5157
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1624. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to turn/wander away
Usage: ἐκ-τρέπω [in LXX for הָפַךְ, Amo.5:8 * ;] to turn out of the course, turn aside, with accusative Pass., with middle sense, intrans., to turn aside: Heb.12:13 (R, txt., for be put out of joint, R, mg., see Thayer, see word Westc., in l); figuratively, before εἰς, 1Ti.1:6; ἐπί, 2Ti.4:4; ὀπίσω, 1Ti.5:15; with accusative, to shun, avoid: 1Ti.6:20.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ektrepo, 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.
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Strong's G1624 (ἐκτρέπω) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
who makes all things, and changes them, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1624.
who makes all things, and changes them, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1624, grouped by book.
Ektrepo (Strong's G1624) is a Greek word most simply glossed "avoid". ektrepo (ek-trep'-o) v. 1. to deflect, i.e. turn away {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G1624 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1624 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as turned, avoiding, and turn. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1624, with linked reader references where each row is available.