ὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō) means “to return” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: hoop-os-tref'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ὑποστρέφω · hupostrephō · 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)
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| returned | 10 |
| they returned | 6 |
| and returned | 2 |
| return | 2 |
| to return | 2 |
| and started back | 1 |
| and then to turn away | 1 |
| had returned | 1 |
| he came back | 1 |
| i will return | 1 |
| on his return | 1 |
| returning | 1 |
| then they returned | 1 |
| they returned home | 1 |
| to go back | 1 |
| were returning home | 1 |
| when they returned | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| returned | 10 |
| and returned | 4 |
| returning | 2 |
| they returned | 2 |
| to return | 2 |
| and returned back again | 1 |
| i will return | 1 |
| return | 1 |
| returned again | 1 |
| returned they | 1 |
| that returned | 1 |
| they returned again | 1 |
| they turned back again | 1 |
| turned back | 1 |
| was come again | 1 |
| was returned | 1 |
| when he returned | 1 |
| when they were returned | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 35 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
Read word by wordThe shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
Read word by wordWhen those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
Read word by wordWhen they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.
Read word by wordThen Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Read word by wordJesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
Read word by wordAnd when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.
Read word by wordThen all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
Read word by word“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.
Read word by wordWhen Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.
Read word by wordThen the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
Read word by wordThe seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
Read word by wordWhen an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
Read word by wordWhen one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
Read word by wordWas no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
Read word by wordSo He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Read word by wordAnd when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
Read word by wordThen they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
Read word by wordAnd when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
Read word by wordAnd they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together
Read word by wordAnd they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Read word by wordThen they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
Read word by wordAnd after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
Read word by wordand on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
Read word by wordWhen Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
Read word by wordAfter setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordIn fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Read word by wordThey preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
Read word by wordwhere he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
Read word by wordAnd after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
Read word by wordLater, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
Read word by wordThe next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
Read word by wordnor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
Read word by wordThis Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Read word by wordIt would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
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