Definition
στρεβλόω, -ῶ
(στρέφω), [in LXX: 2 Samuel 22:27 (פָּתַל hithp.), 3Ma.4.14, 4Ma.9.17 4Mac.12.4 4Mac.12.11 4Mac.15.14 * ;]
to twist, torture. Metaphorical (cf. 2Ki, l.with), to twist or pervert language: 2 Peter 3:16.
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- 2 Peter 3:16στρεβλοῦσιν · distortHe writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.