μεταστρέφωmetastréphō
to turn about, turn, change: passive, Acts 2:20(LXX), James 4:9; in evil sense, to pervert, corrupt (cf.
Greek (New Testament) · G3344
Meanings
primary sense reverse): Galatians 1:7.
Same root
- μετάmetá · G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G575 (ἀπό) or G1537 (ἐκ) and G1519 (εἰς) or G4314 (πρός); less intimate than G1722 (ἐν) and less close than G4862 (σύν))
- στρέφωstréphō · G4762to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Acts 2:20 The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.
- Galatians 1:7 but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.