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Koine Greek wordlink #93373

SR GNT Acts 14:15 ἐπιστρέφειν (epistrefein) ‘from these useless things to_be turning_back to god living’ Strongs=19940 Lemma=epistrefō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=46 AD Event=Mission_to_Lystra_and_Derbe TimeSeries=Mission_to_Lystra_and_Derbe,First_Missionary_Journey Refers to Word #93349

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἐπιστρέφειν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπιστρέφειν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be turning_back’.

Acts 26:20 ‘I was reporting to_be repenting and to_be turning_back to god worthy’ SR GNT Acts 26:20 word 26

OET-LV: 20 but to _the ones in Damaskos/(Dammeseq) first and both, in _Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and all the region of_ the _Youdaia, and to _the pagans, I _was _reporting to _be _repenting and to _be _turning _back to the god, the worthy of_ works _repentance doing. (ACT_26:20)

OET-RV: 20 so I preached first to those in Damascus and then in Yerushalem and all of Yudea, and then in the towns of the non-Jews. I preached about turning from their sins and turning back to God, and then actually living like people who had repented. (ACT 26:20)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epistrefō’ have 24 different glosses: ‘having returned’, ‘having turned_back’, ‘having_been turned_back’, ‘let return’, ‘let_be returned’, ‘may turn_back’, ‘to turn_back’, ‘to_be turning_back’, ‘I will_be turning_back’, ‘I turned_back’, ‘he may return’, ‘he will_be turning_back’, ‘him let return’, ‘it may turn_back’, ‘they may return’, ‘they may turn_back’, ‘they returned’, ‘you_all are turning_back’, ‘you_all were returned’, ‘you_all turned_back’, ‘returned’, ‘turn_back’, ‘turned_back’, ‘turning_back’.

Greek words (4) other than ἐπιστρέφειν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘turning_back’

MAT 12:44 ἐπιστρέψω (epistrepsō) V-IFA1··S ‘the house of me I will_be turning_back whence I came_out and’ SR GNT Mat 12:44 word 8

OET-LV: 44 Then it _is _saying: I _will _be _turning _back to the house of _me whence I _came _out. And having _come, it _is _finding being _unoccupied having _been _swept and having _been _adorned. (MAT_12:44)

OET-RV: 44 So it says to itself, ‘I’ll go back to the house that I just left.’ Then when it gets back, it finds that it’s not only unoccupied, but it’s been swept and tidied up. (MAT 12:44)

LUKE 1:16 ἐπιστρέψει (epistrepsei) V-IFA3··S ‘of the sons of Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) he will_be turning_back to the master the’ SR GNT Luke 1:16 word 6

OET-LV: 16 And he _will _be _turning _back many of _the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) to the_master, the god of _them. (LUK_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 He will turn many children of Yisrael back to Yahweh, their God. (LUK 1:16)

ACTs 15:19 ἐπιστρέφουσιν (epistrefousin) V-PPA·DMP ‘from the pagans turning_back to god’ SR GNT Acts 15:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 Therefore I am _judging to_ not _be _troubling to _the ones from the pagans, turning _back to the god, (ACT_15:19)

OET-RV: 19 Because of this, my ruling is not to be troubling the non-Jews who are turning back to God, (ACT 15:19)

GAL 4:9 ἐπιστρέφετε (epistrefete) V-IPA2··P ‘by god how you_all are turning_back back to the’ SR GNT Gal 4:9 word 11

OET-LV: 9 on _the _other _hand now having _known god, and rather having _been _known by god, how are _you _all _turning _back back to the weak and poor principles, for _which again you _all _are _wanting to _be _serving again? ? (GAL_4:9)

OET-RV: 9 But now that you do know God, or rather now that God knows you, why would you turn back again to useless and inferior beliefs, to serve them all over again? (GAL 4:9)

Key: V=verb