ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΦΟΝ, ἀνεστρεφον
ANESTREPHON, anestrephon
Sounds Like: ah-nes-TREH-fon
Translations: returned, were returning, turned back, were turning back, conducted themselves, were conducting themselves, lived, were living
From the root: ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of turning back, returning, or reversing direction. It can also refer to one's conduct, behavior, or way of life, implying a 'turning about' in one's actions or manner. In the provided examples, it appears to be used in the sense of 'returning' or 'turning back' in the first example, and 'conducting themselves' or 'living' in the second. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀνά' (ana), meaning 'up' or 'back', and 'στρέφω' (strephō), meaning 'to turn'.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0390 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 7:46
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑ — turn back, return, live, behave, conduct oneself, dwell, be conversant with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΕΙΣ — having turned back, having returned, having conducted oneself, having lived, having behaved
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΕΙΣΑΝ — having been turned back, having been turned around, having been conducted, having been behaved
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΕΝΤΑ — having been turned around, having been conducted, having been behaved, having been lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΕΝΤΑΣ — having conducted oneself, having lived, having behaved, those who have conducted themselves, those who have lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΗ — conduct, behavior, manner of life, way of life, a conduct, a behavior
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be occupied, will be engaged, will be involved, will be conducted, will be turned back, will be overturned
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΗ — you will turn back, you will return, you will be turned back, you will be returned
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥ — about to be turned around, about to be conducted, about to be behaved, about to be lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΗΤΕ — turn around, return, conduct oneself, live, behave, associate with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕ — to turn back, to return, to live, to conduct oneself, to behave, to associate with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΙ — return, turn back, go back, turn around, behave, conduct oneself, live
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΙΝ — to turn back, to return, to conduct oneself, to live, to behave, to associate with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΣΘΑΙ — to conduct oneself, to live, to behave, to turn back, to return
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΑΙ — turns around, returns, conducts oneself, lives, behaves
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΕ — turn back, return, conduct yourselves, live, behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΩΣΑΝ — let them turn back, let them return, let them conduct themselves, let them live, let them behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΑΙ — to conduct oneself, to live, to behave, to return, to turn back
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΕΝΗ — being conducted, being behaved, being turned back, being returned, being occupied, being engaged
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being occupied with, conducting oneself, living, behaving, turning back, returning, dwelling, associating with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being conducted, being behaved, being turned back, being returned, being occupied, being engaged, being lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΕΝΟΣ — turning around, returning, conducting oneself, living, behaving, associating with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — turning around, returning, conducting oneself, living, behaving, associating, dwelling, residing
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who are living, of those who are behaving, of those who are conducting themselves, of those who are turning back, of those who are returning
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΑΣ — turning around, behaving, living, conducting oneself, those who turn around, those who behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΕΣ — turning back, returning, living, behaving, conducting oneself, associating with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) turning around, (of) returning, (of) behaving, (of) conducting oneself, (of) living
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΥ — you turn back, you return, you conduct yourself, you live, you behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΟΥΣΙΝ — they turn back, they return, they conduct themselves, they live, they behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΩ — turn back, return, conduct oneself, live, behave, overturn
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΦΩΝ — turning back, returning, living, behaving, conducting oneself, associating with
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΙ — to turn back, to return, to overturn, to conduct oneself, to live, to behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΑΣ — having returned, having turned back, having overthrown, having overturned, having conducted oneself, having lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΕΣ — having returned, having turned back, having gone back, having conducted oneself, having lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΟΣ — having returned, having turned back, having gone back, having conducted oneself, having lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who returned, of them having returned, of those who turned back, of those who conducted themselves
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΣ — having turned back, having returned, having conducted oneself, having lived
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΤΕ — return, go back, turn back, conduct yourselves, behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΕΙ — he will return, he will turn back, he will turn around, he will go back, he will revert, he will restore
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΝ — to turn back, to return, to conduct oneself, to live, to behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΕΙΣ — you will turn back, you will return, you will conduct yourself, you will live
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΟΝ — turn back, return, restore, overturn, conduct yourself, behave
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will return, they will turn back, they will turn around, they will revert, they will conduct themselves, they will live
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΩ — I will return, I will turn back, I will go back
- ἈΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΩΜΕΝ — let us return, let us turn back, let us go back
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΝ — turned back, overturned, perverted, corrupted, a turned back, an overturned, a perverted, a corrupted
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΑΠΤΑΙ — has been overturned, has been overthrown, has been turned back, has been conducted, has lived
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΑΦΗΜΕΝ — we have behaved, we have lived, we have conducted ourselves, we have turned back, we have returned
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΑΝ — they were turned back, they were returned, they were overturned, they were overthrown, they were brought back, they were restored, they were conducted, they were behaved
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΦΕΝ — turned back, returned, was returning, was turning, was conducted, was behaving
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΦΕΤΟ — was returning, was turning back, was conducting oneself, was living, was behaving
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΟ — they were turning back, they were returning, they were conducting themselves, they were living
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΨΑ — returned, turned back, turned around, overturned, conducted oneself
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΝ — they returned, they turned back, they turned around, they overturned, they overthrew
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΨΑΣ — you returned, you turned back, you turned around, you overturned, you overthrew
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΨΕ — returned, turned back, went back, lived, behaved, conducted oneself
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΕΨΕΝ — returned, turned back, turned around, overturned, overthrew, conducted oneself, behaved
- ἈΝΕΣΤΡΟΦΟΤΑ — having returned, having turned back, having conducted oneself, having lived, having behaved
- ἘΠΑΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will return, I will turn back, I will be restored, I will be brought back
- ἘΠΑΝΑΣΤΡΕΨΑΙ — to return, to turn back, to come back, to go back
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