Definition

to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G4762 (στρέφω);

Word family

• διά diá
• στρέφω stréphō

How the KJV renders it

• perverse(-rt)
• turn away

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.