in order that what is lame may not be dislocated

ἐκτρέπω 2 aor. pass. ἐξετράπην; 2 fut. ἐκτραπήσομαι (s. τρέπω; Trag., Hdt.+; PRyl 133, 22 [I A.D.]; Sb 9136, 8; Am 5:8; OdeSol 11:9; Just.). In our lit., as it seems, only pass. with intr. sense

① turn, turn away (Hdt. et al.) w. that to which one turns indicated by εἰς (Diod S 16, 12, 3; 17, 108, 4 εἰς ὕβρεις; Epict. 1, 6, 42; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 23; Jos., Ant. 8, 251 εἰς ἀσεβεῖς ἐξετράπη πράξεις) 1 Ti 1:6. ἐπὶ τοὺς μύθους 2 Ti 4:4 (cp. Pla., Soph. 222a ἀπὸ … ἐπί; OdeSol 11:9 ἐξετράπην τῶν ματαίων ἐπὶ τὸν ὕψιστον θεόν; Galen XI 792 K. Πάμφιλος εἰς μύθους γραῶν ἐξετράπετο; Just., D 24, 1 ἐπʼ ἄλλους … λόγους). ὀπίσω τοῦ Σατανᾶ to follow Satan 1 Ti 5:15.—W. acc. turn away from or avoid someth. (Demosth. 19, 225; Polyb. 35, 4, 14; Musonius p. 26, 4 H.; Diog. Oen. Fgm. 28 II, 7f Ch. ἐ. δεῖ τοὺς σοφιστικοὺς λόγους; Jos., Ant. 4, 290) 6:20. W. gen. (Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 137 [844b, 4] ἐκτρέπεσθαι τῆς ὁδοῦ; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 25, 2; Jos., Ant. 6, 34 τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἐκτραπόμενοι; Just, D. 8, 2 τῆς ὀρθῆς ὁδοῦ). τῆς ἐλπίδος let oneself be turned aside IMg 11.—ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ Hb 12:13 is difficult. In line w. the previous senses one possibility is: turn from the way (abs. as X., An. 4, 5, 15), but ἐ. is oft. taken here, because of the context, in the sense of

② to be wrenched, be dislocated: a medical t.t. (Hippocr., κατʼ ἰητρ. 14 Kühlewein; Diosc., Mat. Med. 2, 15 W.; Hippiatr. 26, 6 p. 126, 24 ἐὰν ἵππος ὦμον ἐκτραπῇ) in order that what is lame may not be dislocated (as in the expression ‘twist’ or ‘sprain one’s ankle’). Less probable, in view of the contrasting phrase ἰαθῇ δὲ μᾶλλον, is: that what is lame might not be avoided (Lucian, Pseudolog. 17 ἡμεῖς τοὺς χωλοὺς ἐκτρεπόμεθα=we go out of the lame men’s way).—M-M. Spicq.