Definition

to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert

Etymology

from a derivative of G4762 (στρέφω);

Word family

• στρέφω stréphō

How the KJV renders it

• wrest

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.