ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΩΜΕΝ, ἐπιστρεψωμεν
EPISTREPSŌMEN, epistrepsōmen
Sounds Like: ep-ee-STREF-so-men
Translations: let us return, let us turn, let us turn back, let us convert
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἘΠΙ (upon, to) and the verb ΣΤΡΕΦΩ (to turn). It means to turn around, turn back, return, or convert. It is often used in a literal sense of physical movement, but also frequently in a spiritual sense, referring to a turning back to God or a change of heart and direction in life. It can be used transitively (to turn something) or intransitively (to turn oneself).
Inflection: First Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive
Strong’s number: G1994 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 9:1
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 7:2
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 30:9
- Tobit — 6:13
- 1 Maccabees — 9:9
- Lamentations — 3:40
- Hosea — 6:1
- Malachi — 1:4, 3:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΤΕ — you returned, you turned back, you converted, you reverted
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΦΕΙΣ — having turned back, having returned, having been converted, having been restored
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we will return, we will be converted, we will turn back, we will be restored
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΕΙΝ — to turn, to return, to turn back, to convert, to restore
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΕΙΣ — you return, you turn back, you convert
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΩ — let him return, let him turn back, let him turn around, let him convert
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΟΝ — returning, turning, turning back, converting, restoring, being restored
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΟΣ — of returning, of turning back, of turning around, of converting
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΟΥΣΑ — returning, turning back
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ — turn, return, turn back, turn around, convert, restore
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΑΣ — having turned, having returned, turning back, returning
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΟΜΕΝ — we will return, we will turn back, we will turn around, we will convert
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΟΝ — turn, return, turn back, convert, restore
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