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Strong's #1624: ektrepo (pronounced ek-trep'-o)

from 1537 and the base of 5157; to deflect, i.e. turn away (literally or figuratively):--avoid, turn (aside, out of the way).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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ektrepō

1) to turn or twist out

1a) in a medical sense used of dislocated limbs

2) to turn off or aside

3) to be turned aside

4) to turn aside

5) to turn away from, to shun a thing, to avoid meeting or associating with one

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1537 and the base of G5157




Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

1 Timothy 1:6: "From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;"
1 Timothy 5:15: "For some are already turned aside after Satan."
1 Timothy 6:20: "Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions"
2 Timothy 4:4: "from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
Hebrews 12:13: "feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed."









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