Metastrepho means “turn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3344 — yaqad (“kindle”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3344 μεταστρέφω (metastrepho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. metastrepho (met-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt [from G3326 and G4762] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include turned and pervert. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
metastrepho (met-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt [from G3326 and G4762] KJV: pervert, turn Root(s): G3326, G4762
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3344. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to change
Usage: μετα στρέφω [in LXX chiefly for הָפַךְ ;] to turn about, turn, change: pass., Act.2:20 (LXX), Jas.4:9 (WH, txt., μετατρέπω, which see); in evil sense, to pervert, corrupt (cf. primary sense reverse) : Gal.1:7.† μετα-τρέπω [in LXX: 4Ma.6:5 4Mac 7:3 4Mac 7:12 4Mac 15:11 4Mac 15:18 * ;] to turn about, turn (Hom., al., but not found in Att..) : with accusative, Jas.4:9 (WH, txt.; cf. μεταστρέφω).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render metastrepho, 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.
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.
Strong's G3344 (μεταστρέφω) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us?
But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
for that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3344.
And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us?
But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day.
Who turns the sea into dry land; They shall go through the river on foot; There shall we rejoice in him,
And had changed their rivers into blood; And their streams, that they should not drink.
And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: They became like a crooked bow.
And he turned their heart to hate his people, To deal craftily with his servants.
He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.
And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and their wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of this land, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war wherewith ye fight against the Chaldeans that have besieged you from outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, Our houses to strangers:
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Ephraim is mixed among his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned.
How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? how shall I protect thee, Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Admah, and as Zeboiim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.
and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.
For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
for that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
to overthrow the evil purpose which was gone out against them, and to deliver them by extraordinary manifestation from that death which was in store for them.
The king’s wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.
For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, And in things worthy praise will lay blame upon thee.
As he hath turned the waters into saltness: So shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3344, grouped by book.
Metastrepho (Strong's G3344) is a Greek word most simply glossed "turn". metastrepho (met-as-tref'-o) v. 1. to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt [from G3326 and G4762]
This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G3344 across 18 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3344 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as turned and pervert. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3344, with linked reader references where each row is available.