Dictionary entry

στρέφω

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

στρέφω

[in LXX chiefly for הפך, also for סבב, etc.;]

to turn: c. acc. rei dat. pers., Mt 5:39; = ἀποσ-, to bring back, Mt 27:3 (cf. Is 38:8); reflexively (WM, § 38, 1), to turn oneself, Ac 7:42; c. acc. seq. εἰς, = μετασ-, to change, Re 11:6. Pass., reflexive, to turn oneself: seq. εἰς, Jo 20:14, Ac 7:3913:46; ptcp., στραφείς, c. indic., Mt 7:69:2216:23, Lk 7:99:5514:2522:61, Jo 1:3820:16; id. seq. πρός, Lk 7:4410:22 (WH, R, om.), ib. 2323:28; metaph., to change: absol., Mt 18:3, Jo 12:40 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στρέφω).†