- ἐπιστροφή
- ἐπιστροφή, ῆς, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Trag., Thu.+; ins, pap, LXX, Joseph.; Just. D. 30, 1; var. senses) in our lit. only intr. ‘turning (toward)’① turning one’s attention to someth., attention (Soph. et al.; ἡ πρός ἀνθρώπους ἐ. τοῦ θεοῦ Orig., C. Cels. 4, 5, 26) ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι give attention, concern oneself (Demosth. 12, 1; 19, 306; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 35 §148; Michel 543, 3; PPetr II, 19 [2], 2; Jos., Ant. 9, 237) w. περί τινος (Chrysipp.: Stoic. III 187; SIG 685, 128 [139 B.C.]) 1 Cl 1:1.② change of one’s way of thinking or believing, conversion (Sir 18:21; 49:2; PsSol 16:11; Jos., Ant. 2, 293; Just., D. 30, 1; Orig., C. Cels. 1, 43, 39; Porphyr., Ad Marcellam 24 μόνη σωτηρία ἡ πρὸς τ. θεὸν ἐπιστροφή; Hierocles 24 p. 473; Simplicius p. 107, 22 ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ θεῖον ἐπιστροφή) τῶν ἐθνῶν Ac 15:3. εἶναι εἰς ἐ. τινι be a means of conversion for someone B 11:8.—PAubin, Le problème de la ‘conversion’ ’63. DELG s.v. στρέφω. M-M. TW.
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