Word

ἀνακάμπτω

anakámptō · G344 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to move back, to return

To move back to a point or area from which one has previously departed, but with more explicit emphasis upon the return (compare ὑποστρέφω (hypostréphō, G5290), sense 1)

Examples
Matthew 2:12 And after being warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.
Luke 10:6 “And if a man of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you.
Acts 18:21 but took leave of them and said, “I will return to you again if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 2
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐπίon+ σύyou 1
πρόςto, toward, with+ ἩρώδηςHerod 1
πρόςto, toward, with+ σύyou 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

μήnot 2
πάλινagain, and, also 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔπωto say 1
χρηματίζωto make known God’s message 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

ἀναχωρέω anachōréō · G402 · to withdraw, to retire, to go off: Both verbs describe spatial withdrawal or return movement. ἀναχωρέω emphasizes retiring or withdrawing to a place of refuge or separation, while ἀνακάμπτω focuses on the act of turning back or returning along a path, often retracing one's route.

In the other Testament 1 word

שׁוּב shûwb · H7725 · to turn around, to turn (someone) around: Hebrew שׁוּב (shûwb, H7725) is the primary Hebrew verb for returning or turning back, matching Greek ἀνακάμπτω (anakámptō, G344) in contexts of physical return or reversal of direction, though the Hebrew root has broader usage including metaphorical return and restoration beyond the specific Greek term's narrower focus on literal return movement.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To move back, to return15.89: In Matthew 2:12, “after being warned by God in a dream not to return (anakámpsai) to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way,” describing their choice not to go back to Herod.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κάμπτω kámptō · G2578 · to worship, to bow before · 4×ἀνακάμπτωanakámptō · G344συγκάμπτω synkámptō · G4781 · to be overwhelmed with trouble, to be bent down with difficulties · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : future ἀνακάμψω; 1 aorist ἀνέκαμψα; to bend back, turn back. In the N. T. (as often in…

: future ἀνακάμψω; 1 aorist ἀνέκαμψα; to bend back, turn back. In the N. T. (as often in secular authors; in the Sept. equivalent to שׁוּב) intransitive, to return: Mt 2:12; Lk 10:6 (where the meaning is, 'your salutation shall return to you, as if not spoken'); Acts 18:21; Heb 11:15.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Return4 occurrences Change an Opinion Concerning Truth0 occurrences

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