ὑποστρέφω hupostrephō · G5290
to return
ὑπο-στρέφω ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ], ; 1. trans., to turn back or about (Hem.). ; 2. Intrans., to turn back, return: Luk.2:20, 43 8:37, 40 9:10 10:17 17:15 19:12 23:48, 56, Act.8:28; with inf., Luk.17:18; before διά, Act.20:3; εἰς, Luk.1:56 2:45 4:14 7:10 8:3 9:8 11:24 24:33, 52, Act.1:12 8:25 13:13, 34 14:21 21:6 22:17 23:32, Gal.1:17; ἀπό, Luk.4:1 24:9, Heb.7:1; ἐκ, Act.12:25, 2Pe.2:21.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὑποστρέφω, ; turn round about or back, ἵππους []; ὁ κισσὸς.. Βακχίαν ὑποστρέφων ἅμιλλαν bringing back the Bacchic struggle, i. e. the swift and eager dance, []; 2 roll up, []; 3 passive, revolve beneath, τινι []; II intransitive, turn about, especially of persons flying or retreating, []:—passive, αὖτις ὑποστρεφθείς []; -στρᾰφείς []; II.2 generally, return, αὖτις ὑ. []; ἐπὶ ζήτησιν[]; in future middle, οὐ μὲν γάρ τί σ᾽ ὑποστρέψεσθαι ὀΐω []; of a disease, return, recur, []; II.3 turn away, and …
Where it's used 35 times
Luke 1:56 · Luke 2:20 · Luke 2:43 · Luke 2:45 · Luke 4:1 · Luke 4:14 · Luke 7:10 · Luke 8:37 · Luke 8:39 · Luke 8:40 · Luke 9:10 · Luke 10:17 · Luke 11:24 · Luke 17:15 · Luke 17:18 · Luke 19:12 · Luke 23:48 · Luke 23:56 · Luke 24:9 · Luke 24:33 · Luke 24:52 · Acts 1:12 · Acts 8:25 · Acts 8:28 · Acts 12:25 · Acts 13:13 · Acts 13:34 · Acts 14:21 · Acts 20:3 · Acts 21:6 · Acts 22:17 · Acts 23:32 · Galatians 1:17 · Hebrews 7:1 · 2 Peter 2:21
Source: TBESG G5290; TFLSJ G5290
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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