στρεβλ-όω,
future -ώσω[
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
aorist ἐστρέβλωσα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
twist or
strain tight, ὄνοισι ξυλίνοισι τὰ ὅπλα
drawing the cables
taut with windlasses [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
screw up the strings of an instrument, τὰς χορδὰς ἐπὶ τῶν κολλόπων στρεβλοῦν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
twist or
wrench a dislocated limb, with a view to setting it, σ. τὸν πόδα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of wrestlers, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] (
passive):—
middle, ἐς τοὐπίσω τὰς χεῖρας σ. [
Refs 4th c.AD+]:—
passive, στρεβλωθῆναι
acquire a squint, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2)
stretch on the wheel or
rack, to rack, torture, applied to slaves for the purpose of extracting evidence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, ἐπὶ τροχοῦ στρεβλούμενος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
future middle στρεβλώσομαι in
passive sense, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
metaphorically,
pervert or
distort words, [
NT]:—
passive, [
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