UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: No doubt there are subtle distinctions in meaning between διάγω, ἀγωγή, ἀναστρέφομαι, and ἀναστροφή, but it is difficult or impossible to determine this from existing contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἀναστρέφω; aor.pass.; ἀνεστράφην

Related lemmas: στρέφω

Sense 1: to move back, to return

Semantic entry: 15.89

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Return

Definition: to move back to a point or area from which one has previously departed, but with more explicit emphasis upon the return (compare ὑποστρέφω[a], 15.88: ὑποστρέφω)

ACT 5:22: RV ACT 5:22 · LV ACT 5:22 · Read together ACT 5:22

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OET-RV ACT 5:22

22 But when their attendants got to the jail, they weren’t there, so they returned to the gathering and told them,

OET-LV ACT 5:22

22 But they having _arrived attendants, not found them in the prison, and having _returned, they _reported

ACT 15:16: RV ACT 15:16 · LV ACT 15:16 · Read together ACT 15:16

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OET-RV ACT 15:16

16 ‘After these things have happened I will return,
⇔ and I will rebuild the worship tent from David’s time that has collapsed,
⇔ Although it was overturned, I will rebuild and restore it,

OET-LV ACT 15:16

16 After these things I _will _be _returning and I _will _be _rebuilding _up the tent of _Dawid/(Dāvid) which having _fallen, and of _it which having _been _overturned, I _will _be _rebuilding _up and I _will _be _restoring it,

Sense 2: to live, to conduct oneself, to behave, behavior, conduct

Semantic entry: 41.3

Semantic domains: Behavior and Related States

Subdomains: Behavior, Conduct

Definition: to conduct oneself, with apparent focus upon overt daily behavior{N:001}

Collocations: ἀναστρέφομαι

CO2 1:12: RV CO2 1:12 · LV CO2 1:12 · Read together CO2 1:12

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OET-RV CO2 1:12

12 So this is our boast: Our consciences testify that we have conducted ourselves in the world (and even more so towards all of you) with purity and godly sincerity, not with worldly wisdom, but relying on God’s grace.

OET-LV CO2 1:12

12 For/Because the boasting of _us this is:
the testimony of _the conscience of _us, that in holiness and sincerity of_ the _god, and not in wisdom fleshly, but in grace of_god, we _were _conducted in the world, and more _abundantly toward you _all.

EPH 2:3: RV EPH 2:3 · LV EPH 2:3 · Read together EPH 2:3

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OET-RV EPH 2:3

3 In the past, we also lived like them inside our fleshly lusts and then living out those desires and fantasies, and so we were children deserving strong anger just like everyone else.

OET-LV EPH 2:3

3 among whom also we all were _conducted once in the desires of _the flesh of _us, doing the desires of _the flesh and of _its minds, and we _were children by _nature of _severe _anger, as even the rest.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: RV CO2 1:12 · LV CO2 1:12 · Read together CO2 1:12

EPH: RV EPH 2:3 · LV EPH 2:3 · Read together EPH 2:3

TI1: RV TI1 3:15 · LV TI1 3:15 · Read together TI1 3:15

HEB: RV HEB 10:33 · RV HEB 13:18 · LV HEB 10:33 · LV HEB 13:18 · Read together HEB 10:33 · Read together HEB 13:18

PE1: RV PE1 1:17 · LV PE1 1:17 · Read together PE1 1:17

PE2: RV PE2 2:18 · LV PE2 2:18 · Read together PE2 2:18

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀναστρέφω

Form 1

Sense 1: to move back, to return

Sense 2: to live, to conduct oneself, to behave, behavior, conduct