Strong's Greek · G1624

G1624 ektrépō

ἐκτρέπω

avoid, turn (aside, out of the way)

When ektrépō is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

to deflect, i.e. turn away (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

from G1537 (ἐκ) and the base of G5157 (τροπή);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

1 Timothy 5:15

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

1 Timothy 1:6

Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.

Hebrews 12:13

Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

2 Timothy 4:4

So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

When ektrépō is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what ektrépō means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like 1 Timothy 5:15 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

How weighing a word works

Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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