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Koine Greek wordlink #122725

SR GNT 2Cor 3:16 ἐπιστρέψῃ (epistrepsaʸ) ‘whenever but it may turn_back to the master is_being taken_away’ Strongs=19940 Lemma=epistrefō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἐπιστρέψῃ (V-SAA3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπιστρέψῃ’ (V-SAA3..S) has 3 different glosses: ‘may turn_back’, ‘he may return’, ‘it may turn_back’.

Luke 17:4 ‘you and seven_times he may return to you saying’ SR GNT Luke 17:4 word 16

Yac (Jam) 5:19 ‘the truth and may turn_back someone him’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 5:19 word 14

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 ἐπιστρέψῃ (V-SAA3..S) 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

LUKE 1:17 ἐπιστρέψαι (epistrepsai) V-NAA.... ‘and power with Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) to turn_back the hearts of the fathers to’ SR GNT Luke 1:17 word 13

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

ACTs 26:18 ἐπιστρέψαι (epistrepsai) V-NAA.... ‘eyes of them for that to turn_back from darkness to’ SR GNT Acts 26:18 word 7

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

Key: V=verb MAA2..P=imperative,aorist,active,2nd person plural NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active SAA3..P=subjunctive,aorist,active,3rd person plural SAA3..S=subjunctive,aorist,active,3rd person singular