Lexical Definition

‎ἀποστρέφω‎ apostréphō (ap-os-tref'-o) to turn away ^G:V
from ‎ἀπό‎ and ‎στρέφω‎

bring again, pervert, turn away (from).

• to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ἀπο-στρέφω, [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב;]
trans., c. acc.,
(a) to turn away, remove: Ro 11:26, II Ti 4:4; metaph., to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Lk 23:14;
(b) to turn back, return: μάχαιραν, Mt 26:52. Pass., reflex., to turn oneself away from: c. acc., Mt 5:42, II Ti 1:15, Tit 1:14, He 12:25; so act., absol., Ac 3:26 (cf. Si 8:5; Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer, 880).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀποστρέφω-στρέφω,

Doric dialect aorist ἀποστρέφωστράψαι[Refs]; Ionic dialect aorist ἀποστρέφωστρέψασκε[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπέστροφα[LXX]:—passive and middle, future -στρέψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist -εστράφην [ᾰ[Refs 5th c.BC+] later -εστρεψάμην [LXX+5th c.BC+]: future -στρᾰφήσομαι[LXX]: perfect -έστραμμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect -εστράφατο[Refs]; -έστρεμμαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: —turn back: hence, either turn to flight, ὄφρ᾽.. Ἀχαιοὺς αὖτις ἀποστρέφωστρέψῃσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; or turn back from flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; send home again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥῆμα bring back word, [LXX]; ἀποστρέφωστρέψαντε πόδας καὶ χεῖρας having twisted back the hands and feet so as to bind them, [ἀποστρέφωστρέφετε τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, ὦ Σκύθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 455; ἀ. τὸν αὐχένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.188">Refs 8th c.BC+]; guide back again, ἀποστρέφωστρέψαντες ἔβαν νέας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἴχνι᾽ ἀποστρέφωστρέψας having turned the steps of the oxen backwards so as to make it appear that they had gone the other way, [Refs]; turn away, avert, αὐχέν᾽ ἀποστρέφωστρέψας[Refs 6th c.BC+]; bring back, recall, ἐξ ἰσθμοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φῶτας ἀπέστρεψεν Περσεφόνης θαλάμων [[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 turn away or aside, divert, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕδατα cut off water from a besieged town, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὸν πόλεμον ἐς Μακεδονίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; avert a danger, an evil, etc., πῆμ᾽ ἀ. νόσου[Refs 4th c.BC+]; prevent, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; rebut, δίκην[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἀ. τινά τινος dissuade from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as if intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν, ἵππον, ναῦν, etc.), turn back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 turn away or aside, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B passive, to be turned back, ἀπεστράφθαι τοὺς ἐμβόλους, of ships, to have their beaks bent back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστρέφωστραφῆναι.. τὼ πόδε to have one's feet twisted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]closecurled, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II middle and passive, turn oneself from or away, ἀπεστραμμέναι ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων[Refs]back to back, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.1 turn one's face away from, abandon, with accusative, [ἀποστρέφωστραφῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1272; μή μ᾽ ἀποστρέφωστρέφου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 801, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 683, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.36, “PSI” [same place]; τὸ θεῖον ῥᾳδίως ἀπεστράφης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 159: also with \_genitive\_, ἄψορρος οἴκων τῶνδ᾽ ἀποστρέφωστραφείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 431: with \_dative\_, ἀστεφανώτοισι ἀπυστρέφονται 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 78: \_absolutely\_, μὴ πρὸς θεῶν.. ἀποστρέφωστραφῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 326">Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἀπεστραμμένοι λόγοι hostile words, [ἀποστρέφωστρέφεσθαι ">Refs 5th c.BC+]to be alienated, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__B.II.2 turn oneself about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστρέφωστραφῆναι λυγιζόμενος escape by wriggling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 ἀποστρέφωστραφῆναί τινος fall off from one, desert him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.6.21 ☩ LXX.Hos.8.3 ☩ LXX.Num.25.4 ☩ LXX.2Kgs.22.9}