Wrest - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Wrest

[ 1,,G4761, strebloo ]
to twist, to torture" (from streble, "a which" or "instrument of torture," and akin to strepho, "to turn"), is used metaphorically in 2 Peter 3:16, of "wresting" the Scriptures on the part of the ignorant and unsteadfast. In the Sept., 2 Samuel 22:27.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words