Lexicon :: Strong's G654 - apostrephō

“You will eat bread[fn] by the sweat of your brow

until you return to the ground,

since you were taken from it.

For you are dust,

and you will return to dust.”

He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.

“In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”[fn]

The angel of the LORD said to her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

The men turned from there and went toward Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the LORD.[fn]

When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from? ”

“If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don’t let my son go back there.”

“and stay with him for a few days until your brother’s anger subsides ​— ​

“Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

“and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the LORD will be my God.

The LORD said to him, “Go back to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.”

Laban got up early in the morning, kissed his grandchildren and daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban left to return home.

That day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and besides, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’ ”

He turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

“Take twice as much silver with you. Return the silver that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.

But the men were afraid because they were taken to Joseph’s house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

“When we came to the place where we lodged for the night and opened our bags of grain, each one’s silver was at the top of his bag! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.

“We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

After Joseph buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

Then he continued, “I am the God of your father,[fn] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him, “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.”

Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart[fn] so that he won’t let the people go.

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” Pharaoh said. “But exactly who will be going? ”

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said, “The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea.

“If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

“Serve the LORD your God, and he[fn] will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you.

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides ​— ​inscribed front and back.

At the end of forty days they returned from scouting out the land.

“Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt? ”

“The Amalekites and Canaanites are right in front of you, and you will fall by the sword. The LORD won’t be with you, since you have turned from following him.”

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them as far as Hormah.

Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the path to confront me. And now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back.”

So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with all the officials of Moab.

The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

I have indeed received a command to bless;

since he has blessed,[fn] I cannot change it.

Since Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned[fn] toward the wilderness.

Balaam then arose and went back to his homeland, and Balak also went his way.

The LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute[fn] them in broad daylight before the LORD so that his burning anger may turn away from Israel.”

“If you turn back from following him, he will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.”

“We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has taken possession of his inheritance.

“and the land is subdued before the LORD ​— ​afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

“Go and tell them: Return to your tents.