- Original: στρεβλόω - Transliteration: Strebloo - Phonetic: streb-lo'-o - Definition: 1. to twist, turn awry 2. to torture, put to the rack 3. metaph. to pervert, of one who wrests or tortures language in a false sense - Origin: from a derivative of G4762 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a derivative of G4762 ; to wrench that is (specifically) to torture (by the rack) but only figuratively to pervert: - wrest. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • wrest, 1 2 Peter 3:16