Strong's Greek · G1624

ἐκτρέπω

ektrépō

avoid, turn (aside, out of the way)

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.

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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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