G4761 στρεβλόω

Strong's Greek Concordance · 1 KJV occurrence

στρεβλόω

streblóō

Definition

to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert

KJV Renderings

wrest

Derivation / Etymology

from a derivative of G4762 (στρέφω);

KJV Verses (1)

2 Peter 3:16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.