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ἐπιστρέφω G1994

epistréphō

ep-ee-stref'-o

from ἐπί and στρέφω; to revert (literally, figuratively or morally):--come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again).

Abbott–Smith

ἐπι-στρέφω [very freq. in LXX, chiefly for שׁוּב, in its various senses, also for פָּנָה, etc. ;]
1. trans., to turn about, round or towards, hence metaph., to turn, cause to return (to God, virtue, etc.): Lk 1:16, 17 (cf. Ma 3:24), Ja 5:19, 20.
2. Intrans.,
(a) to turn, turn oneself around: Ac 16:18; c. inf., Re 1:12; seq. πρός, Ac 9:40; so also pass. (cl.), Mk 5:30 8:33, Jo 21:20; metaph., of turning to God (v. Field, Notes, 246 ff.), ἐπὶ τ. κύριον (θεόν), Ac 9:35 11:21 14:15 15:19 26:20; πρὸς τ. θεόν, I Th 1:9, II Co 3:16; ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, Ac 26:18; pass., I Pe 2:25;
(b) to return (as in MGr.): Lk 8:55, Ac 15:36; seq. ὀπίσω, c. inf., Mt 24:18; seq. εἰς, Mt 12:44, Mk 13:16, Lk 2:39 17:31; ἐπί, II Pe 2:22; metaph., seq. ἐπί, Ga 4:9; πρός, Lk 17:4; of moral reform, Mt 13:15, Mk 4:12, Lk 22:32, Ac 3:19 28:27; pass., Mt 10:13 (Cremer, 531, 881).†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


38 occurrences

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  • Luke 1:17
    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Luke 2:20
    And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
  • Luke 8:55
    And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
  • Luke 17:4
    And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
  • Luke 17:31
    In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
  • Luke 22:32
    But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
  • John 12:40
    He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
  • John 21:20
    Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
  • Acts 3:19
    Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 9:35
    And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

514 in the Septuagint, in 471 verses

The first 40, in the order of the Septuagint’s books.

  • Genesis 8:12
    καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλεν τὴν περιστεράν, καὶ οὐ προσέθετο τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔτι.
  • Genesis 21:32
    καὶ διέθεντο διαθήκην ἐν τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου. ἀνέστη δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ Ὀχοζὰθ ὁ νυμφαγωγὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ Φικὸλ ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν Φυλιστιείμ.
  • Genesis 24:49
    εἰ οὖν ποιεῖτε ὑμεῖς ἔλεος καὶ δικαιοσύνην πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου, ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι, ἵνα ἐπιστρέψω εἰς δεξιὰν ἢ εἰς ἀριστεράν.
  • Genesis 39:6
    καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν πάντα ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ εἰς χεῖρας Ἰωσήφ, καὶ οὐκ ἤδει τῶν καθ’ ἑαυτὸν οὐδὲν πλὴν τοῦ ἄρτου οὗ ἤσθιεν αὐτός. καὶ ἦν Ἰωσὴφ καλὸς τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραῖος τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα.
  • Genesis 44:13
    καὶ διέρρηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἕκαστος τὸν μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν ὄνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
  • Exodus 4:20
    ἀναλαβὼν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ παιδία ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγια, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον· ἔλαβεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
  • Exodus 5:22
    Ἐπέστρεψεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον καὶ εἶπεν Δέομαι, Κύριε, τί ἐκάκωσας τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον; καὶ ἵνα τί ἀπέσταλκάς με;
  • Exodus 7:23
    ἐπιστραφεὶς δὲ Φαραὼ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέστησεν τὸν νοῦν αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ.
  • Exodus 16:10
    ἡνίκα δὲ ἐλάλει Ἀαρὼν πάσῃ συναγωγῇ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐπεστράφησαν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, καὶ ἡ δόξα Κυρίου ὤφθη ἐν νεφέλῃ.
  • Exodus 34:31
    καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτοὺς Μωσῆς, καὶ ἐπεστράφησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀαρὼν καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες τῆς συναγωγῆς· καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς Μωυσῆς.
  • Numbers 10:36
    καὶ ἐν τῇ καταπαύσει εἶπεν Ἐπίστρεφε, Κύριε, χιλιάδας μυριάδας ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
  • Numbers 14:25
    ὁ δὲ Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ὁ Χαναναῖος κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι· αὔριον ἐπιστράφητε ὑμεῖς καὶ ἀπάρατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὁδὸν θάλασσαν ἐρυθράν.
  • Numbers 16:50
    καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Ἀαρὼν πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ ἐκόπασεν ἡ θραῦσις.
  • Numbers 21:33
    καὶ ἐπιστρέψαντες ἀνέβησαν ὁδὸν τὴν εἰς βασάν. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ὢγ βασιλεὺς τῆς βασὰν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ εἰς πόλεμον εἰς Ἐδράειν.
  • Numbers 23:5
    καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς ῥῆμα εἰς στόμα Βαλαὰμ καὶ εἶπεν Ἐπιστραφεὶς πρὸς Βαλὰκ οὕτως λαλήσεις.
  • Deuteronomy 1:7
    ἐπιστράφητε καὶ ἀπάρατε ὑμεῖς καὶ εἰσπορεύεσθε εἰς ὄρος Ἀμορραίων καὶ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς περιοίκους Ἀραβά, εἰς ὄρος καὶ πεδίον, καὶ πρὸς λίβα καὶ παραλίαν γῆν Χαναναίων καὶ Ἀντιλίβανον, ἕως τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου Εὐφράτου.
  • Deuteronomy 1:24
    καὶ ἐπιστραφέντες ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ὄρος, καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἕως Φάραγγος βότρυος, καὶ κατεσκόπευσαν αὐτήν.
  • Deuteronomy 1:40
    καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπιστραφέντες ἐστρατοπεδεύσατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης.
  • Deuteronomy 2:1
    καὶ ἐπιστραφέντες ἀπήραμεν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὁδὸν θάλασσαν ἐρυάν, ὃν τρόπον ἐλάλησεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ, καὶ ἐκυκλώσαμεν τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σηεὶρ ἡμέρας πολλάς.
  • Deuteronomy 2:3
    Ἱκανούσθω ὑμῖν κυκλοῦν τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο, ἐπιστράφητε οὖν ἐπὶ βορρᾶν·
  • Deuteronomy 2:8
    καὶ παρήλθομεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν υἱοὺς Ἠσαύ, τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν Σηεὶρ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν Ἄραβά ἀπὸ Ἀραβὰ καὶ ἀπὸ Γάβερ· Γάβερ· καὶ ἐπιστρέψαντες παρήλθομεν ἔρημον ὁδὸν Μωάβ.
  • Deuteronomy 4:30
    καὶ εὑρήσουσίν σε πάντες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι ἐπ’ ἐσχάτῳ τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ ἐπιστραφήσῃ πρὸς Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου καὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆς αὐτοῦ·
  • Deuteronomy 4:39
    καὶ γνώσῃ σήμερον καὶ ἐπιστραφήσῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ, ὅτι Κύριος ὁ θεός σου, οὗτος θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κάτω, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι πλὴν αὐτοῦ·
  • Deuteronomy 9:15
    καὶ ἐπιστρέψας κατέβην ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους, καὶ τὸ ὄρος ἐκαίετο πυρὶ ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αἱ δύο πλάκες ἐπὶ ταῖς δυσὶ χερσίν μου.
  • Deuteronomy 10:3
    καὶ ἐπιστρέψας κατέβην ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, καὶ ἐλάξευσα τὰς πλάκας λιθίνας ὡς αἱ πρῶται, καὶ ἀνέβην εἰς τὸ ὄρος, καὶ αἱ δύο πλάκες ἐπὶ ταῖς χερσίν μου.
  • Deuteronomy 10:5
    καὶ ἐπιστρέψας κατέβην ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους, καὶ ἐνέβαλον τὰς πλάκας εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἣν ἐποίησα, καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ καθὰ ἐνετείλατό μοι Κύριος.
  • Deuteronomy 28:60
    καὶ ἐπιστρέψει πᾶσαν τὴν ὀδύνην Αἰγύπτου τὴν πονηρὰν ἣν διευλαβοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, καὶ κολληθήσονται ἐν σοί.
  • Deuteronomy 30:2
    καὶ ἐπιστραφήσῃ ἐπὶ Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου, καὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου,
  • Deuteronomy 30:8
    καὶ σὺ ἐπιστραφήσῃ ἐπὶ Κύριον καὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, καὶ ποιήσεις τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ὅσας ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον·
  • Deuteronomy 30:9
    καὶ εὐλογήσει σε Κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ τῶν χειρῶν σου, ἐν τοῖς ἐκγόνοις τῆς κοιλίας σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς γενήμασιν τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐκγόνοις τῶν κτηνῶν σου. ὅτι ἐπιστρέψει Κύριος ὁ θεός σου εὐφρανθῆναι ἐπὶ σοὶ εἰς ἀγαθά, καθότι ηὐφράνθη ἐπὶ τοῖς πατράσιν σου.
  • Deuteronomy 30:10
    ἐὰν εἰσακούσῃς τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, φυλάσσεσθαι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς κρίσεις αὐτοῦ τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοῦ νόμου τούτου, ἐὰν ἐπιστραφῇς ἐπὶ Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου.
  • Deuteronomy 31:20
    εἰσάξω γὰρ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἣν ὤμοσα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν, δοῦναι αὐτοῖς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι· καὶ φάγονται καὶ ἐμπλησθέντες κορήσουσιν, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσονται ἐπὶ θεοὺς ἀλλοτρίους καὶ παροξυνοῦσίν με καὶ διασκεδάσουσιν τὴν διαθήκην μου.
  • Joshua 13:28
    αὕτη ἡ κληρονομία υἱῶν Γὰδ κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· αὐχένα ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἐναντίον τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν· ὅτι ἐγενήθη κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· αἱ πόλεις αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ ἐπαύλεις αὐτῶν.
  • Joshua 19:27
    καὶ ἐπιστρέψει ἀπ’ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου καὶ Βαιθεγενέθ, καὶ συνάψει τῷ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ ἐκ Γαὶ καὶ Φθαιὴλ κατὰ βορρᾶν, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται ὅρια Σαφθαιβαιθμὲ καὶ Ἰναήλ, καὶ διελεύσεται εἰς Χωβαμασομὲλ
  • Joshua 19:34
    καὶ ἐπιστρέφει τὰ ὅρια ἐπὶ θάλασσαν Ἐνὰθ Θαβώρ, καὶ διελεύσεται ἐκεῖθεν Ἱακᾶνα, καὶ συνάψει τῷ Ζαβουλὼν ἀπὸ Νότου καὶ Ἀσὴρ συνάψει κατὰ θάλασσαν, καὶ ὁ Ἰορδάνης ἀπ’ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου.
  • Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 6:14
    καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν Πορεύου ἐν ἰσχύι σου ταύτῃ, καὶ σώσεις τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ χειρὸς Μαδιάμ· ἰδοὺ ἐξαπέστειλά σε.
  • Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 6:18
    μὴ χωρισθῇς ἐντεῦθεν ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν με πρὸς σέ· καὶ ἐξοίσω τὴν θυσίαν καὶ θήσω ἐνώπιόν σου. καὶ εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι καθίσομαι ἕως τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι σε.
  • Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 7:3
    καὶ νῦν λάλησον δὴ ἐν ὠσὶν τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων Τίς ὁ φοβούμενος καὶ δειλός; ἐπιστρεφέτω καὶ ἐκχωρείτω ἀπὸ ὄρους Γαλαάδ. καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο χιλιάδες, καὶ δέκα χιλιάδες ὑπελείφθησαν.
  • Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 8:13
    καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Γεδεὼν υἱὸς Ἰωὰς ἀπὸ τῆς παρατάξεως ἀπὸ ἐπάνωθεν τῆς παρατάξεως Ἄρες.
  • Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 8:33
    Καὶ ἐγένετο καθὼς ἀπέθανεν Γεδεών, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ὀπίσω τῶν Βααλείμ, καὶ ἔθηκαν ἑαυτοῖς τῷ Βάαλ διαθήκην τοῦ εἶναι αὐτοῖς αὐτὸν εἰς θεόν.

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