What does μεταστρέφω (metastréphō) mean in the Bible?
μεταστρέφω (metastréphō): To turn something inside-out or reverse it; often means to distort or pervert truth into falsehood.
Greek · G3344
μεταστρέφω
To change
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μεταστρέφω G3344
Pronunciation metastréphō
What does μεταστρέφω (metastréphō) mean in the Bible?
μεταστρέφω (metastréphō): To turn something inside-out or reverse it; often means to distort or pervert truth into falsehood.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3344?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to distort (1), Turn (1), will be turned (1).
Where does μεταστρέφω (metastréphō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 2:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Galatians (1), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to distort 1× Galatians 1:7
Turn 1× James 4:9
will be turned 1× Acts 2:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 2:20
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Acts 1 Galatians 1 James 1
Source forms
μεταστραφήσεται 1x metastraphēsetai Acts 2:20
μεταστρέψαι 1x metastrepsai Galatians 1:7
μετατραπήτω 1x metatrapētō James 4:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 4:9
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Galatians 1:7
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 2:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To turn something inside-out or reverse it; often means to distort or pervert truth into falsehood.
Strong's G3344
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Galatians 1:6-10 Source Gloss
to change
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To turn something inside-out or reverse it; often means to distort or pervert truth into falsehood.
to turn about, turn, change: pass., Act.2:20 (LXX), Jas.4:9 (WH, txt., μετατρέπω, which see); in evil sense, to pervert, corrupt (cf. primary sense reverse) : Gal.1:7. μετα-τρέπω [in LXX: 4Ma.6:5 4Mac 7:3 4Mac 7:12 4Mac 15:11 4Mac 15:18 * ;] to turn about, turn (Hom., al., but not found in Att..) : with accusative, Jas.4:9 (WH, txt.; cf. μεταστρέφω).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 2:20 Verb Third Person Singular Second Future Passive Indicative
μεταστραφήσεται metastrafhsetai
I turn, change, corrupt, pervert
Read verse Galatians 1:7 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
μεταστρέψαι metastreyai
I turn, change, corrupt, pervert
Read verse James 4:9 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Imperative
μεταστραφήτω, metastrafhtw
I turn, change, corrupt, pervert
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
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Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Future, Aorist Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Future Passive Acts 2:20 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Gal 1:7 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 future 1
Voice
passive 2 active 1
Mood
indicative 1 infinitive 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
distorting or corrupting the gospel message into something false
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
μεταστρέφω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain