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Strong's G1788 ἐντρέπω (entrepo)

Entrepo means “regard” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1788 — dishon (“pygarg”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1788
Language Greek
Linked Usages 50
Books 23

Strong's G1788 Quick Answer

Strong's G1788 ἐντρέπω (entrepo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. entrepo (en-trep'-o) v. 1. to turn about, reverse position 2. (in a good sense) to respect It has 50 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include ashamed, let, lord, confounded, and against. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
entrepo (en-trep'-o) v. 1. to turn about, reverse position 2. (in a good sense) to respect
Usage
50 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
ashamed, let, lord, confounded, and against

Meaning and Definition

entrepo (en-trep'-o) v. 1. to turn about, reverse position 2. (in a good sense) to respect 3. (in a bad sense) to confound {figuratively and reflexively} [from G1722 and the base of G5157] KJV: regard, (give) reference, shame Root(s): G1722, G5157

Original Word
ἐντρέπω
Transliteration
entrepo
Derivation
Root: τροπή R1: 1722 R2: 5157
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1788. 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 cause shame

Usage: ἐν-τρέπω [in LXX for כָּנַע ni., כָּלַם ni., etc. ;] to turn about; metaphorically, put to shame: with accusative, 1Co.4:14; pass., 2Th.3:14, Tit.2:8; mid., to reverence: with accusative of person(s) (cl. with genitive), Mat.21:37, Mrk.12:6, Luk.18:2, 4 20:13, Heb.12:9 (cf. MM, Exp., iii, xiii).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

ashamed let lord confounded against god man shame before reverence seek our

How Strong's G1788 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 31 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1788 (ἐντρέπω) appears 43 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1788 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 G1788 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 21:37 KJV

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Mark 12:6 KJV

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Luke 18:2 KJV

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

Strong's G1788 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 10:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh, and they said to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long dost thou refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me.

Leviticus 26:41 Septuagint / Brenton

and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in the punishment of their sins.

Numbers 12:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterward she shall come in.

Strong's G1788 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:45 Septuagint / Brenton

So after a year Nebuchadnezzar sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord.

1 Esdras 8:51 Septuagint / Brenton

for I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.

1 Esdras 8:71 Septuagint / Brenton

And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard, and sat me down sad and very heavy.

Usage Excerpts

First 50 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1788.

Exodus 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh, and they said to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long dost thou refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me.
Leviticus 26:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in the punishment of their sins.
Numbers 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterward she shall come in.
Judges 3:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest eighty years; and Ehud judged them till he died.
4 Kingdoms 22:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because thy heart was softened, and thou wast humbled before me, when thou heardest all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and thou didst rend thy garments, and weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.
2 Chronicles 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then if my people, on whom my name is called, should repent, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, I also will hear from heaven, and I will be merciful to their sins, and I will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Shemaiah, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good things in Judah.
2 Chronicles 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the men of Asher, and some of Manasseh and of Zebulun, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Judah.
2 Chronicles 30:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified themselves, and brought whole burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 34:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
forasmuch as thy heart was ashamed, and thou wast humbled before me when thou heardest my words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and thou wast humbled before me, and didst rend thy garments, and didst weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
Ezra 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Job 32:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For truly I will not be awed because of man, Nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.
Psalms 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: Let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
Psalms 34:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: Let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.
Psalms 39:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; Let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.
Psalms 68:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.
Psalms 69:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: Let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil.
Psalms 70:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover also my tongue shall dwell all the day upon thy righteousness; When they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt.
Psalms 82:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; Yea, let them be confounded and destroyed.
Isaiah 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab: but thou shalt care for them that dwell in Seth, and thou shalt not be ashamed.
Isaiah 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be to thy shame (for Moab is wearied at the altars), that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him.
Isaiah 41:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish.
Isaiah 44:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all by whom they were made are withered: yea, let all the deaf be gathered from among men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together:
Isaiah 45:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: ye isles, keep a feast to me.
Isaiah 45:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore.
Isaiah 50:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed,
Isaiah 54:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear not, because thou hast been put to shame, neither be confounded, because thou wast reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.
Ezekiel 36:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, as it is known to you: be ye ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
Daniel 3:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed; And let them be confounded in all their power and might, And let their strength be broken;
Matthew 21:37 New Testament, KJV
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
Mark 12:6 New Testament, KJV
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Luke 18:2 New Testament, KJV
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Luke 18:4 New Testament, KJV
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Luke 20:13 New Testament, KJV
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
1 Corinthians 4:14 New Testament, KJV
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
2 Thessalonians 3:14 New Testament, KJV
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Titus 2:8 New Testament, KJV
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Hebrews 12:9 New Testament, KJV
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
1 Esdras 1:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So after a year Nebuchadnezzar sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord.
1 Esdras 8:51 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
1 Esdras 8:71 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard, and sat me down sad and very heavy.
1 Maccabees 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and made war against Ptolemy king of Egypt: but Ptolemy was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death.
1 Maccabees 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that Lysias, who went forth first with a great power, was driven away of the Jews; and that they were made strong by the armor, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of the armies, whom they had destroyed:
Wisdom of Solomon 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us oppress the poor righteous man, Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, Neither shall he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: For he hath made the small and great, And careth for all alike.
Wisdom of Sirach 4:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Accept no person against thy soul, And let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
Wisdom of Sirach 4:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In nowise speak against the truth; But be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: For it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; Neither is it altogether approved in everything.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1788, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1788 FAQ

What does entrepo (ἐντρέπω) mean?

Entrepo (Strong's G1788) is a Greek word most simply glossed "regard". entrepo (en-trep'-o) v. 1. to turn about, reverse position 2. (in a good sense) to respect

How many times is entrepo (ἐντρέπω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 50 linked usages for Strong's G1788 across 23 books.

Where can I study entrepo (ἐντρέπω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1788 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate entrepo (ἐντρέπω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ashamed, let, lord, confounded, against, and god. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1788 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1788, with linked reader references where each row is available.