Definition

to pervert (figuratively)

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G4762 (στρέφω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• στρέφω stréphō

How the KJV renders it

• subvert

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.