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Lexicon :: Strong's G1994 - epistrephō

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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
442x 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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 442 times in 404 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 9 (Gen 8:12–Rth 1:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - “Now if you 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 - Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. Neither was his heart moved by this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when it rested, he said:

“Return, O LORD,
To the many thousands of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - “Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - So Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, for the plague had stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:5 - Then the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain,[fn] in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - “And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3 - ‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - “And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:30 - “When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the LORD your God and obey His voice

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - “Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - “So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - “Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the LORD commanded me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:60

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:60 - “Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:2 - “and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:8 - “And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and do all His commandments which I command you today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - “if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 - “And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - “Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah El, then northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, bypassing Cabul which was on the left,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - From Heleph the border extended westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there toward Hukkok; it adjoined Zebulun on the south side and Asher on the west side, and ended at Judah by the Jordan toward the sunrise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - “Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, “Arise, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come back in peace, I will tear down this tower!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them to me, shall I be your head?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - “then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - So God split the hollow place that is in Lehi,[fn] and water came out, and he drank; and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En Hakkore,[fn] which is in Lehi to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 - Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:23 - And they called out to the children of Dan. So they turned around and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you have gathered such a company?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:10 - And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

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