strepho describes turning bodily toward someone or something, and also changing direction, returning, or altering what is directed.

The dominant use depicts a person or animal turning toward another person or in another direction; other verses extend the action to turning back or away in one’s course, to returning money, and to changing water into blood.

1. Turn bodily toward or around · dominant

   The aorist passive participle marks a turn preceding speech or looking: in John 1:38 the APB renders Jesus turning and looking at those following him, and in Luke 22:61 it renders the Lord turning and looking at Peter. The same form introduces speech directed to a crowd, Peter, or the woman in Luke 7:9, Luke 7:44, Luke 23:28, and Matthew 16:23.

   John 1:38Luke 22:61Luke 7:9Luke 7:44Luke 23:28Matthew 16:23
2. Change direction or turn back · common

   In Acts 7:39 the APB renders the fathers as turning back to Egypt in their hearts, while Acts 7:42 describes God turning away. Acts 13:46 presents Paul and Barnabas turning to the Gentiles, and Matthew 18:3 places turning before becoming like children; John 12:40 likewise joins turning with healing.

   Acts 7:39Acts 7:42Acts 13:46Matthew 18:3John 12:40
3. Return or change an object · rare

   The active aorist form in Matthew 27:3 occurs where Judas returned the thirty pieces of money. Revelation 11:6 uses the present active infinitive for authority over waters, which the APB renders as turning them into blood.

   Matthew 27:3Revelation 11:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “turned” or “turning” for bodily reorientation, while it uses “turned back,” “turned away,” “turn to,” “returned,” and “turn them into blood” in other clauses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed equivalents.