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Koine Greek wordlink #103274

SR GNT Acts 26:18 ἐπιστρέψαι (epistrepsai) ‘eyes of them for that to turn_back from darkness to’ Strongs=19940 Lemma=epistrefō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_goes_before_Agrippa TimeSeries=Paul_goes_before_Agrippa Refers to Word #102938 Person=Paul

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

The word form ‘ἐπιστρέψαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to turn_back’.

Luke 1:17 ‘and power with Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) to turn_back the hearts of the fathers to’ SR GNT Luke 1:17 word 13

OET-LV: 17 And he will _be _going _ahead before him in the_spirit and power with _Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh), to _turn _back the_hearts of_the_fathers to the_children, and the_unpersuadable in the_understanding of_the_righteous, to _prepare for_the_master a_people having _been _prepared. (LUK_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 And he will go on ahead of God with the spirit and the power of Eliyah, to turn fathers back to loving their children and to turn career criminals towards the wisdom of godly people, to get the people ready for Yahweh.” (LUK 1:17)

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 (5) other than ἐπιστρέψαι (V-NAA····) with a gloss related to ‘turn_back’

MARK 4:12 ἐπιστρέψωσιν (epistrepsōsin) V-SAA3··P ‘not may_be understanding lest they may turn_back and it may_be forgiven to them’ SR GNT Mark 4:12 word 17

OET-LV: 12 in _order _that seeing, they _may _be _seeing and may_ not _perceive, and hearing, they _may _be _hearing and may_ not _be _understanding, lest they _may _turn _back and it _may _be _forgiven to _them. (MRK_4:12)

OET-RV: 12 so that when they look they might see but not perceive,
⇔ and when they listen, they might hear but not understand,
⇔ otherwise they might turn from their sins and be forgiven.” (MRK 4:12)

ACTs 3:19 ἐπιστρέψατε (epistrepsate) V-MAA2··P ‘repent therefore and turn_back for the time to_be wiped_out’ SR GNT Acts 3:19 word 5

OET-LV: 19 Therefore repent and turn _back, because/for the time of _you _all the sins to _be _wiped _out, (ACT_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 Because of that, you all need to repent and turn back to God so that your sins can be erased, (ACT 3:19)

ACTs 28:27 ἐπιστρέψωσιν (epistrepsōsin) V-SAA3··P ‘heart they may understand and they may turn_back and I will_be healing them’ SR GNT Acts 28:27 word 33

OET-LV: 27 For/Because the heart of_ the this _people was _become _dull, and they_ hardly _heard with _their ears and they _shut the eyes of _them, lest they _may _see with _their eyes, and they _may _hear with _their ears, and they _may _understand with _their heart, and they _may _turn _back, and I _will _be _healing them. (ACT_28:27)

OET-RV: 27 Because these people’s minds have become dull
⇔ and they can barely hear with their ears
⇔ and they shut their eyes,
⇔ just in case their eyes might actually see,
⇔ and their ears might actually hear,
⇔ and they might understand with their minds,
⇔ and turn back to me
⇔ and then I would heal them. (ACT 28:27)

2 COR 3:16 ἐπιστρέψῃ (epistrepsaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘whenever but it may turn_back to the master is_being taken_away’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:16 word 5

OET-LV: 16 But whenever if it _may _turn _back to the_master, is _being _taken _away the veil. (CO2_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 but whenever that heart might turn towards Yahweh, the veil will be removed. (CO2 3:16)

YAC 5:19 ἐπιστρέψῃ (epistrepsaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘the truth and may turn_back someone him’ SR GNT Yac 5:19 word 14

OET-LV: 19 Brothers of _me, if anyone among you _all may _be _strayed from the truth, and may _turn _back someone him, (JAM_5:19)

OET-RV: 19 My fellow believers, if any of you have wandered from the truth and someone helps them back, (JAM 5:19)

Key: V=verb