ἀποκαθίστημι
apokathístēmi · G600 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to restore, to cause again to be, restoration
To change to a previous good state
ExamplesMatthew 12:13 Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.
Matthew 17:11 And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
Mark 3:5 After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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to send back, to cause to go back
To send someone back to a place where one has been before
ExamplesHebrews 13:19 And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you more quickly.
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
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- χείρhand 2
- ἩλίαςElijah 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- πᾶςall, every, each 2
- βασιλείαkingdom, reign 1
To or for whomIndirect object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἸσραήλIsrael 1
- σύyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ χρόνοςtime 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
- φημίto say 1
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- שׁוּב shûwb · H7725 · to turn around, to turn (someone) around
- ἀποκαθίστημι (Greek) serves as the standard Septuagint rendering of שׁוּב (Hebrew) specifically in contexts emphasizing restoration or return to a prior state, while שׁוּב has broader semantic range including simple return, repentance, and reversal that may be expressed by other Greek verbs in LXX.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To restore, to cause again to be, restoration13.65
- In Mark 3:5, Jesus tells the man with the withered hand to stretch it out, “and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored (apekatestáthē),” describing a body part returned to its former, sound condition.
- To send back, to cause to go back15.74
- In Hebrews 13:19, the writer urges the readers to pray, “so that I may be restored (apokatastathõ) to you more quickly,” asking to be sent back to them rather than describing any healing or repair.
Word family 58 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποκαθιστάω (Mk 9:12 ἀποκαθιστᾳ R G), and ἀποκαθιστάνω (Mk 9:12 L T Tr (but WH…
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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