Wrest

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1streblooG4761

"to twist, to torture" (from streble, "a which" or "instrument of torture," and akin to strepho, "to turn"), is used metaphorically in 2Pe 3:16, of "wresting" the Scriptures on the part of the ignorant and unsteadfast. In the Sept., 2Sa 22:27.