G4761 στρεβλόω
streblóō — to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert
KJV: wrest
Derived from στρέφω stréphō (to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse)
Occurs 6 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- 2 Peter 3:16 — as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to…
- 3 Maccabees 4:14 — The whole nation was now to be registered. Every individual was to be specified by name, not for that hard servitude of…
- 4 Maccabees 9:17 — he answered, “Not so powerful, O accursed lackeys, is your wheel, as to stifle my reasoning. Cut my limbs, and burn my…
- 4 Maccabees 12:11 — “Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, were you not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to…
- 4 Maccabees 15:14 — At the racking and roasting of each one of them, the observant mother was prevented by religion from changing.