ἀποστρέφω

ἀπο-στρέφω

[in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ;]

trans., with accusative,

(a) to turn away, remove: Rom 11,26, 2 Tim 4,4; metaphorically, to turn away from allegiance, pervert: Luk 23,14

(b) to turn back, return: μάχαιραν, Matt 26,52, Pass., reflex., to turn oneself away from: with accusative, Matt 5,42, 2 Tim 1,15, Tit 1,14, Hebr 12,25; so act., absol., ApG 3,26 (cf. Sir 8,5 Bl., § 53, 1; Cremer, 880).†