Definition

to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

strengthened from the base of G5157 (τροπή);

Where the KJV renders it

• convert
• turn (again
• back again
• self
• self about)

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.

What the first audience heard

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