ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΦΟΝ, υπεστρεφον
YPESTREPHON, ypestrephon
Sounds Like: hoo-pes-TREH-fon
Translations: they were returning, they were going back, they returned, they went back
From the root: ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'back', and the verb 'στρέφω' (strephō), meaning 'to turn'. In this form, it describes an ongoing or repeated action of returning or going back in the past. It is used to indicate that a group of people was in the process of returning to a place or state.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G5290 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:9
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΦΕΝ — was returning, used to return, went back, was going back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΑ — I returned, I went back, I came back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΜΕΝ — we returned, we came back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΝ — they returned, they turned back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΕ — he returned, he turned back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΕΝ — returned, went back, came back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΡΟΦΕΙ — he was returning, he returned, he went back, he came back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕ — to return, to turn back, to go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΕ — return, turn back, go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΕΙ — returns, turns back, goes back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΕΙΝ — to return, to turn back, to go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΙΝ — to return, to turn back, to go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΑ — returning, going back, those returning, the ones returning
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΕΣ — returning, going back, turning back, a returning, a going back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΙ — returning, a returning one, to one returning
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΩ — return, turn back, go back, come back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΦΩΝ — returning, going back, turning back, to return, to go back, to turn back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΙ — to return, to turn back, to go back, to come back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΑ — having returned, having turned back, having gone back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΕΣ — having returned, returning, when they returned
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΙ — (to) one having returned, (to) him having returned, (to) one who returned
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΟΣ — (of) having returned, (of) returning, (of) turning back, (of) going back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who returned, of those who had returned, of those returning
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΣ — having returned, returning, turned back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΑΣΑΙ — having returned, when they returned, they returned
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΕ — he returned, he turned back, he went back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΕΙ — he will return, he will turn back, he will go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΑΣ — you might return, you might turn back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΕ — he might return, he might turn back, he might go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΕΝ — return, go back, turn back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΝ — to return, to turn back, to go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΗ — return, a return, turning back, a turning back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will return, they will turn back, they will go back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΩ — I will return, I will go back, I will turn back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΕΨΩΜΕΝ — we may return, we might return, let us return
- ΥΠΟΣΤΡΟΦΗ — return, a return, turning back, a turning back
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