Strong's Greek · G1994
G1994 epistréphō
ἐπιστρέφω
ep-ee-stref'-o
to turn
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epistréphō appears 36 times in Scripture, including Matthew 10:13 and Mark 4:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to revert (literally, figuratively or morally)
In the King James Version
come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again)
Derivation
Appears 36 times in Scripture
“For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’”
“When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.”
“so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’””
“But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.””
“Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.”
“Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.”
“And let no one in the field return for his cloak.”
“If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.”
“And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.””
“At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
