Quick Definition
ἀνακάμπτω v. I return
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 2578; to turn back
KJV Usage: (re-)turn
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κάμπτω
15.89 · Linear Movement · Return
to move back, to return to move back to a point or area from which one has previously departed, but with more explicit emphasis upon the return (compare ὑποστρέφω[a], 15.88) In LUK 10:6 ἀνακάμπτω[a] occurs in a somewhat figurative context, but it is difficult to determine precisely to what extent the use of this term suggests actual movement.
31.64 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to turn back again to, to change to a former belief, to turn back from (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀνακάμπτω[a] to return 15.89); to turn back to a previous belief
1 2PE 2:21 In 2PE 2:21 ἀνακάμπτω occurs in an apparatus variant in a figurative sense of returning to a previous state with regard to divine revelation. 2 2PE 2:21 The substitution of ἀνακάμπτω for ὑποστρέφω in certain manuscripts of 2PE 2:21 would indicate clearly how closely these terms seem to be related in meaning. Any distinctions of meaning which they may have had would evidently be connotative.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-κάμπτω: fut. ἀνακάμψω; 1 aor. ἀνέκαμψα; to bend back, turn back. In the N. T. (as often in prof. auth. ; in Sept. i. q. 2) intrans. to return: Mt. ii. 12; Lk. x. 6 (where the meaning is, ‘ your salutation shall i1eturn to you, as if not spoken”); Acts xviii. 21; Heb. xi. 15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνακάμπτω anakamptō 4x
pr. to reflect, bend back; hence, to bend back one’s course, return, Mt. 2:12; Lk. 10:6; Acts 18:21; Heb. 11:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-κάμπτω,
[in LXX: I Ch 19:5, Je 3:1, al. (שׁוּב), Je 15:5 (סוּר);]
trans., to bend or turn back.
Intrans., to return: Mt 2:12, Ac 18:21, He 11:15; metaph. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), Lk 10:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνακάμπτω. In connexion with the metaphorical use in.Lk 108, we may quote BGU III. 896° (ii/a.D.) πάντα τὰ ἐμὰ ἀνακάμψει els τὴν προγεγραμμ[ένην θυγατέρα]. For the ordinary sense ‘‘ return,” cf. P Magd 81° (iii/B.c.), μετὰ δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἀνακάμ[ψαντός μου]. See also Anz Szdsidia, p. 314 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνακάμπτω (anakamptō) — to return. ἀνακάμπ-τω, bend convexly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; bend back, τῷ δ᾽ οὐ πάλιν θυμὸς ἀνεκάμπτετ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. make to return, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. mostly intransitive, bend back, return, ταύτῃ λῆγον ἀ. ἐς τὰ εἴρηται τὸ ὄρος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b walk up and down, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. c in Logic, of the terms of a proposition, to be converted, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. d ἀνακάμπτων, name of a throw of the dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]