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Lexicon :: Strong's G1994 - epistrephō

Aa
ἐπιστρέφω
Transliteration
epistrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-stref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
36x in 19 unique form(s) TR
39x in 21 unique form(s) LXX
441x in 66 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:722,1093

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπιστρέφω epistréphō, ep-ee-stref'-o; from G1909 and G4762; to revert (literally, figuratively or morally):—come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's G1994 in the following manner: turn (16x), be converted (6x), return (6x), turn about (4x), turn again (3x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's G1994 in the following manner: turn (16x), be converted (6x), return (6x), turn about (4x), turn again (3x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. transitively

    1. to turn to

      1. to the worship of the true God

    2. to cause to return, to bring back

      1. to the love and obedience of God

      2. to the love for the children

      3. to love wisdom and righteousness

  2. intransitively

    1. to turn to one's self

    2. to turn one's self about, turn back

    3. to return, turn back, come back

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπιστρέφω epistréphō, ep-ee-stref'-o; from G1909 and G4762; to revert (literally, figuratively or morally):—come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again).
STRONGS G1994:
ἐπιστρέφω; 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.; Luke 8:55; Acts 15:36; with the addition of ὀπίσω (as in Aelian v. h. 1, 6 (variant)), followed by an infinitive of purpose, Matthew 24:18: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Matthew 12:44; (Luke 2:39 T WH Tr marginal reading); εἰς τά ὀπίσω, Mark 13:16; Luke 17:31; ἐπί τί, to, 2 Peter 2:22.
β. metaphorically: ἐπί τί, Galatians 4:9; ἐπί τινα, Luke 17:4 Rec., but G omits ἐπί σε; πρός τινα, ibid. L T Tr WH; ἐκ τῆς ἐντολῆς, to leave the commandment and turn back to a worse mental and moral condition, 2 Peter 2:21 R G; absolutely, to turn back morally, to reform: Matthew 13:15; Mark 4:12; Luke 22:32; Acts 3:19; Acts 28:27.
In the middle and 2 aorist passive
a. to turn oneself about, to turn around: absolutely, Matthew 9:22 R G; Mark 5:30; Mark 8:33; John 21:20.
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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:22; 10:13; 12:44; 13:15; 24:18
Mark
4:12; 5:30; 8:33; 13:16
Luke
1:16; 1:17; 1:17; 2:20; 2:39; 8:55; 17:4; 17:31; 22:32
John
12:40; 21:20
Acts
3:19; 9:35; 9:40; 11:21; 14:15; 15:19; 15:36; 16:18; 26:18; 26:20; 26:20; 28:27
2 Corinthians
3:16
Galatians
4:9
1 Thessalonians
1:9
James
5:19
1 Peter
2:25; 2:25
2 Peter
2:21; 2:22
Revelation
1:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1994 matches the Greek ἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō),
which occurs 441 times in 403 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 9 (Gen 8:12–Rth 1:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:10 - And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:40 - But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compassed mount Seir many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3 - Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30 - When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60 - And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:2 - and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:8 - And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 - And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 - So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:23 - And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:10 - And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

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