{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G1294",
  "lemma": "διαστρέφω",
  "transliteration": "diastréphō",
  "definition": "to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt",
  "kjv": "perverse(-rt), turn away",
  "occurrences": 38,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G1223",
      "lemma": "διά",
      "transliteration": "diá",
      "meaning": "through",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G1223"
    },
    {
      "id": "G4762",
      "lemma": "στρέφω",
      "transliteration": "stréphō",
      "meaning": "to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G4762"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 17:17",
      "text": "Yeshua answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/17?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 9:41",
      "text": "Yeshua answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/9?v=41"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 23:2",
      "text": "They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 13:8",
      "text": "But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 13:10",
      "text": "and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/13?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 20:30",
      "text": "Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/20?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Philippians 2:15",
      "text": "that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/philippians/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 11:32",
      "text": "",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/11?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 19:22",
      "text": "",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/19?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 27:23",
      "text": "When you are present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire your words; but afterward he will twist his speech and set…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/27?v=23"
    }
  ],
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