διαστρέφω

διαστρέφω — diastréphō

διαστρέφω; 1 aorist infinitive διαστρέψαι; passive participle διεστραμμένος (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170f); from Aeschylus down;

a. to distort, turn aside: τάς ὁδούς κυρίου τάς εὐθείας, figuratively (Pro 10:10), to oppose, plot against, the saving purposes and plans of God, Act 13:10. Hence,

b. to turn aside from the right path, to pervert, corrupt: τό ἔθνος, Luk 23:2 (Polybius 5, 41, 1; 8, 24, 3); τινα ἀπό τίνος, to corrupt and so turn one aside from, etc. Act 13:8 (Exo 5:4;voluptates animum detorquent a virtute, Cicero); διεστραμμένος, perverse, corrupt, wicked: Mat 17:17; Luk 9:41; Act 20:30; Php 2:15.