Wrest
a screw in a cross or banner-staff.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Wrest
rest: Found in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) 3 times in the writings of Moses, namely, Exo 23:2, Exo 23:6; Deu 16:19. In all three places it refers to twisting, or turning aside, or perverting judgment or justice. In Deu 24:17 the Revised Version (British and American) has wrest where the King James Version has pervert.
In Psa 56:5 (, acabh); 2Pe 3:16 (, strebloo), it refers to the word or words of God in the Scriptures. In the Psalms the servant of God, who speaks in God’s name, complains that the enemies wrest, misinterpret, misapply and pervert his words. In Peter it is the ignorant and unstedfast who so pervert and misuse some of the difficult words of Paul, and they do it to their own destruction – a most earnest warning against carelessness and conscienceless indifference in interpreting Scripture.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Wrest
“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.