Greek verb · G5290
ὑποστρέφω
hypostrephohoop-os-tref'-o
trans., to turn back or about (Hem.).; Intrans.
35 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hypostréphō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5290is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 14spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5290
to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: come again, return (again, back again), turn back (again).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hypostrepho is rendered "trans., to turn back or about (Hem.).; Intrans.". It stands 35 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Twenty-one of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans., to turn back or about (Hem.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:56Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
Luke 1:56ὑπέστρεψεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-one of the word's thirty-five uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: trans., to turn back or about (Hem.)., and Intrans..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| trans., to turn back or about (Hem.). | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:56Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. |
| Intrans.to turn back, return | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:56Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὑπόστασις | hypostasis | confidence/essence | Uses5 |
| ὑποστέλλω | hypostello | to withdraw | Uses4 |
| ὑποστολή | hypostole | shrinking | Uses1 |
| ὑποστρώννυμι | hypostronnymi | to spread | Uses1 |
All 35, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὑπέστρεψαν10
- ὑπέστρεψεν6
- ὑποστρέφειν4
- ὑποστρέψαντες3
- ὑποστρέψαι2
- ὑποστρέψασαι2
- ὑπέστρεφον1
- ὑπέστρεφον.¶1
- ὑπέστρεψα1
- ὑπόστρεφε1
- ὑποστρέφοντι1
- ὑποστρέφων1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural10V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2V-AAP-NPF
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-IAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1V-AAP-DSM
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-FAI-1S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular1V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1V-PAP-DSM
Luke
twenty-one uses
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
- ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: returned
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: returned
When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
- ὑποστρέφεινhupostrepheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: returning
When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they returned
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: returned
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
- ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: returned
And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.
- ὑποστρέψαντεςhupostrepsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having returned
Then 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.
- ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: turned back
“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.
- ὑπόστρεφεhupostrepheverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do return
When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.
- ὑποστρέφεινhupostrepheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: returning
Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
- ὑποστρέψαντεςhupostrepsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having returned
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
- Ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Returned
When 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.’
- ὑποστρέψωhupostrepsoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will return
When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: turned back
Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
- ὑποστρέψαντεςhupostrepsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having returned
So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
- ὑποστρέψαιhupostrepsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to return
And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
- ὑπέστρεφον.¶hupestrephonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were returning
Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
- ὑποστρέψασαιhupostrepsasaiverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: Having returned
And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
- ὑποστρέψασαιhupostrepsasaiverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: having returned
And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they returned
And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: returned
Acts
eleven uses
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they returned
And 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.
- ὑπέστρεφονhupestrephonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were travelling back
and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
- ὑποστρέφωνhupostrephonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: returning
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: returned
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
- ὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he returned
In 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.’
- ὑποστρέφεινhupostrepheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to return
They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they returned
where 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.
- ὑποστρέφεινhupostrepheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to return
And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: returned
Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
- ὑποστρέψαντιhupostrepsantiverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: having returned
The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
- ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they returned
Galatians
one use
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
- ὑπέστρεψαhupestrepsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: returned
Hebrews
one use
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
- ὑποστρέφοντιhupostrephontiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: returning
2 Peter
one use
It 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.
- ὑποστρέψαιhupostrepsaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have turned
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
