ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΟΝ, ἐπιστρεφον
EPISTREPHON, epistrephon
Sounds Like: ep-ee-STREF-on
Translations: returning, turning, turning back, converting, restoring, being restored
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΩ', meaning 'to turn around, return, or convert'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action that is ongoing or habitual. It can describe someone or something that is in the process of returning or turning, or it can indicate the act of conversion or restoration. For example, it might be used to describe 'one who is returning' or 'the act of turning back'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G1994 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:10
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 25:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 77:39
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
- 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
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΩΜΕΝ — let us return, let us turn, let us turn back, let us convert
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