Word study · Greek
ektrépō
turn away
Say it: ek-TREP-o (approximate)
ἐκτρέπω
What it means
To turn away, to wander off. In 4:4, "turn away to fables"; in 1 Timothy 1:6, some "turned away to vain talking"; in 1 Timothy 6:20 (some manuscripts) and Hebrews 12:13, "so that what is lame may not be dislocated."
Range of meaning
- Turn asideLeave the path.
- Wander offStray.
In 2 Timothy
- Chapter 4
"And turn away to fables" (4:4).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G1624 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources