STRONGS NUMBER G5290

Original Word: ὑποστρέφω
Transliteration: hypostrephō
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-os-tref'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to turn back, return
Meaning: to turn back, returnreturn, come back again.

From hupo and strepho; to turn under (behind), i.e. To return (literally or figuratively) -- come again, return (again, back again), turn back (again).

see GREEK hupo

see GREEK strepho

STRONGS NT 5290: ὑποστρέφω

ὑποστρέφω; imperfect ὑπέστρεφον; future ὑποστρέψω; 1 aorist ὑπέστρεψα; from Homer down; the Sept. for שׁוּב;

1. transitive, to turn back, to turn about: as ἵππους, Homer, Iliad 5, 581.

2. intransitive, to turn back i. e. to return: absolutely, Mark 14:40 (here L WH πάλιν ἐλθών Tr ἐλθών); Luke 2:20 (here Rec. ἐπέστρεψαν), ; ; Acts 8:28; followed by an infinitive of purpose, Luke 17:18; followed by διά with a genitive of place, Acts 20:3; εἰς with an accusative of place, Luke 1:56; Luke 2:39 (here T Tr marginal reading WH ἐπέστρεψεν),; ; Acts 1:12; Acts 8:25; Acts 13:13; Acts 14:21; Acts 21:6; Acts 22:17; Acts 23:32; Galatians 1:17; εἰς διαφθοράν, Acts 13:34; ἀπό with a genitive of place, Luke 4:1; Luke 24:9 (WH brackets ἀπό etc.); ἀπό with a genitive of the business, Hebrews 7:1; ἐκ with a genitive of place, Acts 12:25; ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς, of those who after embracing Christianity apostatize, 2 Peter 2:21 T Tr WH, but Lachmann (against the authorities) εἰς τά ὀπίσω ἀπό τῆς etc.