ὑποστρέφω
hypostréphō · G5290 · Greek · 35 occurrences
Meanings
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to return, to go back, to come back
To move back to a point from which one has previously departed
ExamplesLuke 1:56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her home.
Luke 2:20 And the shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.
Luke 2:43 and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days required, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware of it.
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to turn back again to, to change to a former belief, to turn back from
(A figurative extension of meaning of ὑποστρέφω ‘to return,’) To turn back to a previous belief
Examples2 Peter 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.
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to return to again, to again be in
To be again in a former state
ExamplesActs 13:34 “As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND FAITHFUL MERCIES OF DAVID.’
How it’s used In 9 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
34 occurrences in 18 groups
- Not stated (participle) 6
- Not stated: they 5
- Not stated (infinitive) 4
- ἸησοῦςJesus 3
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- μύρονperfume 1
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- ἄρωμαaloes 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
23 occurrences in 18 groups
- εἰςto+ ἹερουσαλήμJerusalem 5
- εἰςto+ οἶκοςhouse, household 4
- Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπαύριονthe next day 1
- πάλινagain, and, also 1
- τότεthen 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γνώμηpurpose 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὑρίσκωto find, to discover 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- λέγωto say 2
- μέλλωto be about to 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 4
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
- ἀνακάμπτω anakámptō · G344 · to move back, to return, to turn back again to
- Both verbs denote the core action of returning or turning back from a course of travel, whether in a physical, figurative, or belief-related sense. The target has a wider range of application across these physical, figurative, and doctrinal contexts, while ἀνακάμπτω is used more narrowly, but both genuinely share the core sense of physical return.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שׁוּב shûwb · H7725 · to turn around, to turn (someone) around
- שׁוּב (shûwb, H7725) שׁוּב is the Hebrew lexeme denoting physical or metaphorical return/turning back, of which ὑποστρέφω (hypostréphō, G5290) ὑποστρέφω serves as its standard Greek translation equivalent in LXX rendering contexts, both expressing the core sense of returning to a prior location or state.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To return to again, to again be in13.24
- Luke 4:1 describes Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, as having “returned from the Jordan”.
- To return, to go back, to come back15.88
- Luke 24:33 recounts that the disciples “returned to Jerusalem” and found the eleven gathered together.
- To turn back again to, to change to a former belief, to turn back from31.64
- 2 Peter 2:21 warns of one who, having known the way of righteousness, would “turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them”.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ὑπέστρεφον; future ὑποστρέψω; 1 aorist ὑπέστρεψα; from Homer down; the Sept.…
1. transitive, to turn back, to turn about: as ἵππους, Homer, Iliad 5, 581.
2. intransitive, to turn back i. e. to return: absolutely, Mk 14:40 (here L WH πάλιν ἐλθών Tr ἐλθών); Lk 2:20 (here Rec. ἐπέστρεψαν), ; Lk 8:37, Lk 8:40, Lk 9:10, Lk 10:17, Lk 17:15, Lk 19:12, Lk 23:48, Lk 8:56; Acts 8:28; followed by an infinitive of purpose, Lk 17:18; followed by διά with a genitive of place, Acts 20:3; εἰς with an accusative of place, Lk 1:56; Lk 2:39 (here T Tr marginal reading WH ἐπέστρεψεν),; Lk 4:14; Lk 7:10; Lk 8:39; Lk 11:24; Lk 24:33, Lk 24:52; Acts 1:12; Acts 8:25; Acts 13:13; Acts 14:21; Acts 21:6; Acts 22:17; Acts 23:32; Gal 1:17; εἰς διαφθοράν, Acts 13:34; ἀπό with a genitive of place, Lk 4:1; Lk 24:9 (WH brackets ἀπό etc.); ἀπό with a genitive of the business, Heb 7:1; ἐκ with a genitive of place, Acts 12:25; ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς, of those who after embracing Christianity apostatize, 2 Pet 2:21 T Tr WH, but Lachmann (against the authorities) εἰς τά ὀπίσω ἀπό τῆς etc.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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