ἐπιστροφή
epistrophḗ · G1995 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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turning to, coming to believe, acceptance, conversion
Changing one’s belief, with focus upon that to which one turns
ExamplesActs 15:3 Therefore, after being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
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changing of one’s ways, turning to God, repentance
Change in one’s manner of life in a particular direction, with the implication of turning back to God
ExamplesActs 15:3 Therefore, after being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκδιηγέομαιto inform 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- μετάνοια metánoia · G3341 · to repent, to change one’s way, repentance
- Greek noun denoting repentance or a change of mind/heart; overlaps significantly with ἐπιστροφή in theological contexts referring to conversion and turning to God, though μετάνοια emphasizes the internal mental/moral change while ἐπιστροφή emphasizes the act of turning/returning
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀποστασία apostasía · G646 · to rebel against, to revolt, to engage in insurrection
- Greek noun for apostasy or falling away from faith; represents the opposite movement from ἐπιστροφή—turning away from God rather than turning toward God
In the other Testament 1 word
- תְּשׁוּבָה tᵉshûwbâh · H8666 · return, coming back, spring
- Hebrew noun for 'turning back' or 'return,' especially in contexts of repentance and conversion to God; the standard Hebrew equivalent for the concept of religious conversion/turning that ἐπιστροφή expresses in Greek
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To turn to, to come to believe, to come to accept31.60
- In Acts 15:3, Paul and Barnabas passed through Phoenicia and Samaria “describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles,” their coming to believe.
- To change one’s ways, to turn to God, repentance41.51
- The same Acts 15:3 report of the Gentiles' “conversion” also carries the sense of their having turned to God in repentance, changing the whole direction of their lives.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιστροφῆς, ἡ (ἐπιστρέφω), conversion (of Gentiles from idolatry to the true God (cf.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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