ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΕΣ, ἐπιστρεφοντες
EPISTREPHONTES, epistrephontes
Sounds Like: ep-ee-STREF-on-tes
Translations: returning, turning, turning back, converting, being converted
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΤΡΈΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'one who is returning' or 'one who is turning'. It describes an ongoing action of turning, either physically turning around or returning to a place, or metaphorically turning back to God or converting. It can function adjectivally, describing a noun, or adverbially, indicating the manner or time of an action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1994 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 6:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΤΡΈΦΩ, appear in our texts.
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