Strong's Concordance epistrephó: to turn, to return Original Word: ἐπιστρέφωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epistrephó Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-stref'-o) Short Definition: I turn back to Definition: (a) trans: I turn (back) to (towards), (b) intrans: I turn (back) (to [towards]); I come to myself. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1994: ἐπιστρέφωἐπιστρέφω; future ἐπιστρέψω; 1 aorist ἐπέστρεψα; 2 aorist passive ἐπεστραφην; from Homer down; the Sept. for הָפַך, סָבַב and הֵסֵב, פָּנָה, and times without number for שׁוּב and הֵשִׁיב; 1. transitively, a. to turn to: ἐπί τόν Θεόν, to the worship of the true God, Acts 26:20. b. to cause to return, to bring back; figuratively, τινα ἐπί κύριον τόν Θεόν, to the love and obedience of God, Luke 1:16; ἐπί τέκνα, to love for the children, Luke 1:17; ἐν φρονήσει δικαίων, that they may be in (R. V. to walk in) the wisdom of the righteous, Luke 1:17; τινα ἐπί τινα, supply from the context ἐπί τήν ἀλήθειαν and ἐπί τήν ὁδόν, James 5:19f. 2. intransitive, (Winers Grammar, § 38, 1 (compare p. 26; Buttmann, 144 (126f))); a. to turn, to turn oneself: ἐπί τόν κύριον and ἐπί τόν Θεόν, of Gentiles passing over to the religion of Christ, Acts 9:35; Acts 11:21; Acts 14:15; Acts 15:19; Acts 26:20, cf. 1 Peter 2:25; πρός τί, Acts 9:40; πρός τόν Θεόν, 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 3:16; ἀπό τίνος εἰς τί, Acts 26:18. b. to turn oneself about, turn back: absolutely, Acts 16:18; followed by an infinitive expressing purpose, Revelation 1:12. c. to return, turn back, come back; α. properly: Luke 2:20 Rec.; b. to return: followed by πρός (WH text ἐπί) τινα, Matthew 10:13 (on which passage see εἰρήνη, 3 at the end); ἐπί τόν Θεόν, 1 Peter 2:25 (see 2 a. above); to return to a better mind, repent, John 12:40 (R G). From epi and strepho; to revert (literally, figuratively or morally) -- come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again). see GREEK epi see GREEK strepho Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 199436 Occurrences ἐπεστράφητε — 1 Occ. ἐπέστρεψα — 1 Occ. ἐπέστρεψαν — 2 Occ. ἐπεστρέψατε — 1 Occ. ἐπέστρεψεν — 2 Occ. ἐπιστραφήτω — 1 Occ. ἐπιστραφεὶς — 3 Occ. ἐπιστρέφειν — 2 Occ. ἐπιστρέφετε — 1 Occ. ἐπιστρέφουσιν — 1 Occ. ἐπιστρέψαι — 2 Occ. Ἐπιστρέψαντες — 1 Occ. ἐπιστρέψας — 6 Occ. ἐπιστρέψατε — 1 Occ. ἐπιστρεψάτω — 3 Occ. ἐπιστρέψῃ — 3 Occ. ἐπιστρέψει — 1 Occ. ἐπιστρέψω — 1 Occ. ἐπιστρέψωσιν — 3 Occ. Matthew 10:13 V-AMP-3S GRK: πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπιστραφήτω NAS: it is not worthy, take back your [blessing of] peace. KJV: let your peace return to you. INT: to you let return Matthew 12:44 V-FIA-1S Matthew 13:15 V-ASA-3P Matthew 24:18 V-AMA-3S Mark 4:12 V-ASA-3P Mark 5:30 V-APP-NMS Mark 8:33 V-APP-NMS Mark 13:16 V-AMA-3S Luke 1:16 V-FIA-3S Luke 1:17 V-ANA Luke 2:39 V-AIA-3P Luke 8:55 V-AIA-3S Luke 17:4 V-ASA-3S Luke 17:31 V-AMA-3S Luke 22:32 V-APA-NMS John 21:20 V-APP-NMS Acts 3:19 V-AMA-2P Acts 9:35 V-AIA-3P Acts 9:40 V-APA-NMS Acts 11:21 V-AIA-3S Acts 14:15 V-PNA Acts 15:19 V-PPA-DMP Acts 15:36 V-APA-NMP Acts 16:18 V-APA-NMS Acts 26:18 V-ANA |
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