Words the Bible translates as turn away
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apostrephōἀποστρέφωto turn away or turn back: to send a person or thing away from what it was facing, and so to remove it, put it back, or refuse it
- strephōστρέφωto turn: to change the direction something faces, moves, or points
- sugסוּגto turn back: to draw away from where one stood, whether retreating in defeat or falling away from someone once followed
- ḥamaqחָמַקto turn awaynot studied yet
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