ἀναστροφή
anastrophḗ · G391 · Greek · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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to live, to conduct oneself, to behave, behavior, conduct
To conduct oneself, with apparent focus upon overt daily behavior
ExamplesGalatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
Ephesians 4:22 that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.
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
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- σύyou 4
- ἄθεσμοςlawless 1
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
7 occurrences in 8 groups
- ἐμόςmy 1
- ἀγαθόςgood 1
- καλόςgood 1
- μάταιοςuseless 1
- πατροπαράδοτοςtraditions 1
- ἅγιοςholy 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἐπηρεάζωto mistreat 1
- ἀκούωto hear 1
- ἐποπτεύωto observe 1
- ἔχωto have 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐκfrom 4
- ἐνin 3
- διάthrough 2
- κατάaccording to, against, down 2
- ὑπόby, under 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔκβασιςend 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
- ἀγωγή agōgḗ · G72 · to live, to conduct oneself, to behave
- ἀναστροφή and ἀγωγή both denote a person's conduct or manner of life. They are near-synonyms describing the same concept of habitual behavior or way of living.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To live, to conduct oneself, to behave, behavior, conduct41.3
- In Galatians 1:13, Paul writes, “you have heard of my former way of life (anastrophḗn) in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure,” naming his past pattern of conduct.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀναστροφῆς, ἡ (from the passive ἀναστρέφομαι, see the preceding word), properly, 'walk,'…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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