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ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΦΕΝΤΕΣ, ἐπιστραφεντες

EPISTRAPHENTES, epistraphentes

Sounds Like: ep-is-tra-FEN-tes

Translations: having turned back, having returned, having been converted, having been restored

From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is an aorist passive participle, indicating an action that has been completed in the past, often with the sense of 'having been turned' or 'having returned'. It describes someone or something that has undergone a change of direction, a return to a previous state or place, or a spiritual conversion. It functions adjectivally, modifying a noun or pronoun, and implies that the subject has performed or experienced the action of turning or returning.

Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Strong’s number: G1994 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Barnabus
  • Letter of Barnabas — 4:8
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

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