ἈΝΤΕΣΤΡΕΦΕ, ἀντεστρεφε
ANTESTREPHE, antestrephe
Sounds Like: an-TES-treh-feh
Translations: he was turning back, he was turning around, he was reversing, he was turning away
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀντί (anti), meaning 'against' or 'in return', and the verb στρέφω (strephō), meaning 'to turn'. In this form, it describes an action of turning back, turning around, or reversing a direction or position that was ongoing in the past. It implies an opposition or counter-action to a previous movement or state.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4962 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:22
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἈΝΤΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ, appear in our texts.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.