Dictionary entry

διαστρέφω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δια-στρέφω

[in LXX for הפךְ, עקשׁ, etc.;]

to distort, twist; metaph., to distort, pervert: Lk 23:2, Ac 13:8, 10; διεστραμμένος, perverse: Mt 17:17, Lk 9:41, Ac 20:30, Phl 2:15.†