ΥΠΟΝΟΣΤΕΙΝ, υπονοστειν
YPONOSTEIN, yponostein
Sounds Like: hoo-po-nos-TEIN
Translations: to return, to come back, to go back
From the root: ΝΟΣΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'back', and 'νοστέω' (nosteō), meaning 'to return' or 'to go home'. It means to return, especially to one's home or country, or to go back to a previous state or place. It is used to describe the act of returning or coming back.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5290 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:90
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΣΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΕΚΠΕΡΙΝΟΣΤΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having returned, having come back, having gone around and returned
- ΝΟΣΤΕΩ — to return, to come back, to go home
- ΝΟΣΤΗΣΑΣΑΝ — having returned, having come home, a returning (one), a coming home (one)
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