Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to distort the limbs on a rack; met. to wrench, distort, pervert, 2 Pet. 3:16*
Translated in KJV as
wrest
Etymology
from a derivative of G4762 (στρέφω);
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