ὑποστρέφω (hupostrέfō) — to return / to go back / to come back

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: στρέφω

Sense 1: to return, to go back, to come back

Semantic entry: 15.88

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Return

Definition: to move back to a point from which one has previously departed

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:56

OET-RV LUK 1:56

56 So Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam) stayed with Elisheva (Elizabeth; Grk. Elisabet) for about three months before returning back to her own home.

OET-LV LUK 1:56

56 And Maria/(Miryām) remained with her about three months, and returned to the home of _her.

Show passage in OET: LUK 2:20

OET-RV LUK 2:20

20 Finally the shepherds returned back to their fields—they were worshipping and praising God for what they’d heard and how they’d seen it exactly like they’d been told.

OET-LV LUK 2:20

20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising the god for all things which they _heard and saw, as was _spoken to them.

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All 33 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 1:56 · OET LUK 2:20 · OET LUK 2:43 · OET LUK 2:45 · OET LUK 4:1 · OET LUK 4:14 · OET LUK 7:10 · OET LUK 8:37 · OET LUK 8:39–40 · OET LUK 9:10 · OET LUK 10:17 · OET LUK 11:24 · OET LUK 17:15 · OET LUK 17:18 · OET LUK 19:12 · OET LUK 23:48 · OET LUK 23:56 · OET LUK 24:9 · OET LUK 24:33 · OET LUK 24:52

ACT: OET ACT 1:12 · OET ACT 8:25 · OET ACT 8:28 · OET ACT 12:25 · OET ACT 13:13 · OET ACT 14:21 · OET ACT 20:3 · OET ACT 21:6 · OET ACT 22:17 · OET ACT 23:32

GAL: OET GAL 1:17

HEB: OET HEB 7:1

Sense 2: to turn back again to, to change to a former belief, to turn back from

Semantic entry: 31.64

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Change an Opinion Concerning Truth

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ὑποστρέφω[a] ‘to return,’ 15.88: ὑποστρέφω) to turn back to a previous belief

Show passage in OET: PE2 2:21

OET-RV PE2 2:21

21 It would have been better not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it and to turn back from the holy instruction that was passed on to them.

OET-LV PE2 2:21

21 For/Because it _was better, for _them, not to _have _known the way of_ the _righteousness, than having _known it, to _turn _away from the holy command having _been _given _over to _them.

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Sense 3: to return to again, to again be in

Semantic entry: 13.24

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to be again in a former state

Show passage in OET: ACT 13:34

OET-RV ACT 13:34

34 God brought him back to life, and he’s never going to return to the grave to decay. As God said,
⇔ ‘I will give David’s faithful devout things??? to you all.’

OET-LV ACT 13:34

34 And that raised_ him _up from the_dead, no _longer going to _be _returning to decay, thus he _has _said, that I _will _be _giving to _you _all the devout the faithful of _Dawid/(Dāvid).

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament