ektrepō · turn aside, avoid

What it means

ektrepō (ἐκτρέπω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “turn aside, avoid”.

Turn aside, stray from the path; also turn away from something, avoid it.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Go another way; shun.
2. Have a bone slip from its place.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• turned aside ×2
• be dislocated ×1
• turn aside ×1
• turning away from ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Timothy×3
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1

• 1 Timothy 1:6

  Some who have missed the mark in these things have turned aside to empty talk,

• 1 Timothy 5:15

  for some have already turned aside after Satan.

• 1 Timothy 6:20

  O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, turning away from the profane empty chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge,

• 2 Timothy 4:4

  and they will turn away their ears from the truth and turn aside to myths.

• Hebrews 12:13

  and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.