ἀποτρέπω: (from Homer down); to turn away; middle (present ἀποτρέπομαι, imperative ἀποτρέπου) to turn oneself away from, to shun, avoid: τινα or τί (see ἀποστρέφω), 2Ti_3:5. (4Ma_1:33; Aeschylus the Sept. 1060; Euripides, Iph. Aul. 336; (Aristar. plant. 1, 1, p. 815b, 18; Polybius others.).)

ἀποτρέπω apotrepō 1x mid: to turn any one away from a thing; mid. to turn one s self away from any one; to avoid, shun, 2Ti_3:5

** ἀπο -τρέπω , [in LXX : Sir_20:29 ; Sir_48:18 , 3Ma_1:23 , 4Ma_1:33 ; 4Ma_16:12 * ;] to turn away; mid ., to turn oneself away from: c . acc , 2Ti_3:5 .†

ἀποτρέπω [page 71] P Giss I. 20 .6 (ii/A.D.) ἡ ἐπιστολή σου τὴν [μέριμναν ? . . . ] που ἀπέτρεψεν [ . . . It is unfortunate that this solitary citation for a verb common in literature should have no reliable context; but it is something that the word itself seems clear, and occurs in a woman s private letter, which proves it vernacular.

ἀποτρέπω "to turn" one "away from" a thing, c. gen., Il. :— "to turn away, deter or dissuade from", Thuc. ; also, c. inf., ἀπ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Aesch. , Dem. c. acc. pers. only, "to turn away, turn back", Il. c. acc. rei, "to turn aside, avert, prevent", Hdt. , Plat. ; cf. ἀποτρόπαιος, ἀπότροπος. "to turn from" others "against" one, τι ἐπί τινι Soph. :—Mid., ἀποτραπόμενος πρός τι "turning away from other objects" to this one, Plut. Mid. and Pass. "to turn from, to desist from" doing a thing, c. part., Il. , c. inf., Eur. , etc.:—absol. "to stop, desist", Thuc. "to turn away, turn a deaf ear", Il. c. acc. rei, "to turn away from", like Lat. aversari, Aesch. , Eur. "to turn back, return", Thuc. , Xen.

ἀπο-τρέπω [in LXX: Sir.20:29 48:18, 3Ma.1:23, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 16:12 * ;] to turn away; mid., to turn oneself away from: with accusative, 2Ti.3:5.† (AS)