ἐπιστρέφω

ἐπιστρέφω
ἐπιστρέφω fut. ἐπιστρέψω; 1 aor. ἐπέστρεψα. Pass.: fut. ἐπιστραφήσομαι; 2 aor. pass. ἐπεστράφην (s. next entry and στρέφω; Hom.+) gener. ‘to turn to’
① to return to a point where one has been, turn around, go back
ⓐ act. intr. (X., Hell. 4, 5, 16; Polyb. 1, 47, 8; Aelian, VH 1, 6; LXX; En 99:5f; ParJer 7:31) abs. Lk 8:55 (cp. Judg 15:19); Ac 15:36; 16:18; Rv 1:12b; εἴς τι (SIG 709, 11 [c. 107 B.C.]; 2 Km 15:27; 1 Esdr 5:8; 1 Macc 5:68; 3 Macc 7:8 εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἐ.) Mt 12:44 (exorcism of evil spirits so that they never return: Jos., Ant. 8, 45; 47 μηκέτʼ εἰς αὐτὸν ἐπανήξειν); Lk 2:39. εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω Mk 13:16; Lk 17:31; also ἐ. ὀπίσω Mt 24:18. ἐπί τι (SIG 709, 20) 2 Pt 2:22. ἐπί τινα Lk 10:6 D. πρός τινα to someone Lk 17:4. W. inf. foll. to denote purpose (Jdth 8:11 v.l.; ApcMos 31 ἐπιστρέψῃ τοῦ ἐλεῆσαι ἡμᾶ) βλέπειν Rv 1:12a (s. φωνή 2e). Also simply turn πρὸς τὸ σῶμα Ac 9:40 (for ἐ. πρός w. acc. cp. Aesop, Fab. 141 P.=248 H., Ch. 202, H.H. 146 I and III [ἐστράφη II]; 1 Macc 7:25; 11:73).
ⓑ aor. pass. in act. sense (Eur., Alc. 188; 1 Macc 4:24) εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω (Lucian, Catapl. 14) Hv 4, 3, 7. Of a greeting, which is to return unused Mt 10:13.
② to change direction, turn around, aor. pass. in act. sense (Hdt. 3, 156; X., Cyr. 6, 4, 10, Symp. 9, 1 al.; Jos., Ant. 7, 265; 16, 351) ἐπιστραφεὶς ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ he turned around in the crowd Mk 5:30. ἐπιστραφεὶς καὶ ἰδών 8:33 (Jos., Bell. 2, 619 ἐπιστραφεὶς κ. θεασάμενος).—J 21:20 (the only occurrence in J; s. M-EBoismard, Le chapitre 21 de StJean: RB 54, ’47. 488). MPol 12:3. μὴ ἐπιστραφείς without turning about=without troubling himself (about it) 8:3.
③ to cause a pers. to change belief or course of conduct, with focus on the thing to which one turns, turn act. trans., in a spiritual or moral sense (Plut., Mor. 21c ἐ. τινὰ πρὸς τὸ καλόν; Jos., Ant. 10, 53) τινὰ or τὶ ἐπί τινα someone or someth. to someone (2 Ch 19:4; Jdth 7:30; PsSol 8:27) πολλοὺς ἐπὶ κύριον Lk 1:16. καρδίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα vs. 17 (cp. Sir 48:10 and s. Hes., Op. 182). τινὰ ἔκ τινος turn someone fr. someth. (cp. Mal 2:6) Js 5:20; cp. vs. 19. Of God τοὺς πλανωμένους ἐπίστρεψον bring back those who have gone astray 1 Cl 59:4; cp. Hm 8:10. Sim. of presbyters Pol 6:1; cp. 2 Cl 17:2. ὅταν τις ἡμᾶς … ἐπιστρέψῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας εἰς τὴν δικαιοσύνην 2 Cl 19:2. τὸν οἶκον… εἰς τὸν κύριον Hv 1, 3, 1. Cp. Ox 850, 7.
④ to change one’s mind or course of action, for better or worse, turn, return
ⓐ intr. act. (Ps 77:41; 2 Esdr 19:28; ApcSed 12:4f) turn back, return Ac 15:16 D. Repent Hs 9, 26, 2. ἐπί τι to someth. 1 Cl 9:1; Pol 7:2; Gal 4:9. ἔκ τινος from someth. (cp. 3 Km 13:26) 2 Pt 2:21 v.l. Esp. of a change in a sinner’s relation with God turn (oft. LXX) ἐπί w. acc.: ἐπὶ κύριον τὸν θεόν Theoph. Ant. 3, 11 [p. 226, 25]) ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ac 9:35; 11:21; Hs 9, 26, 3. ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν 26:20; cp. 1 Cl 18:13; 2 Cl 16:1. πρὸς (τὸν) κύριον (1 Km 7:3; Hos 5:4; 6:1; Am 4:6 al. LXX) 2 Cor 3:16; Hm 6, 1, 5; Hm 12, 6, 2. πρὸς τὸν θεόν 1 Th 1:9 (non-Pauline terminology for conversion, acc. to GFriedrich, TZ 51, ’65, 504). Here and occasionally elsewh. the thing from which one turns is added, w. ἀπό and the gen. (2 Ch 6:26; Bar 2:33 v.l. ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Theoph. Ant. 3, 11 [p. 228, 10]) Ac 14:15; perh. 15:19. ἐ. ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς καὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας τ. σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τ. θεόν 26:18. Abs. Mt 13:15; Mk 4:12; Ac 28:27 (all three Is 6:10); Lk 22:32 (s. CPickar, CBQ 4, ’42, 137–40); (w. μετανοεῖν) Ac 3:19.
ⓑ aor. pass. in act. sense, turn to ἐπὶ τὰ εἴδωλα to images (of deities) B 4:8; εἰς τὴν διχοστασίαν toward disunity Hs 8, 7, 5; in good sense turn (about) (Ps.-Demosth. 10, 9; Epict. 2, 20, 22 οἱ πολῖται ἡμῶν ἐπιστραφέντες τιμῶσι τὸ θεῖον; Dt 30:10; Jer 3:14; Ps 7:13 al.; ApcSed 14:6 πρὸς τὸν ἐμὸν βάπτισμα) ἐ. ἐπί τινα (Is 55:7) 1 Pt 2:25. ἐπὶ τὸν δεσπότην 1 Cl 7:5. πρός τινα (Diog. L. 3, 25 all Greeks to Pla.; Synes., Provid. 1, 9, 97c πρὸς τὸν θεόν) πρὸς τ. κύριον (Hos 14:2f; Jo 2:13 al.) Hm 12, 6, 2. πρός με (Am 4:8; Jo 2:12 al.) 1 Cl 8:3 (scripture quot. of unknown orig.). Abs. be converted J 12:40 v.l.; Hm 12, 4, 6. ἐγγὺς κύριος τοῖς ἐπιστρεφομένοις the Lord is near to them who turn (to him) v 2, 3, 4.—ANock, Conversion ’33; EDietrich, Die Umkehr (Bekehrung u. Busse im AT u. Judentum) ’36.—M-M. TW. Sv.

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