στρεβλόω streblóō

Meaning

to wrench, i.e. (specially), to torture (by the rack), but only figuratively, to pervert

In the King James Version: wrest

Derivation: from a derivative of G4762 (στρέφω);

Where it is used

• 2 Peter 3:16 He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.