Quick Definition
ὑποστρέφω v. I turn back, return
Strong's Definition
from 5259 and 4762; to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: come again, return (again, back again), turn back (again)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στρέφω
15.88 · Linear Movement · Return
to return, to go back, to come back to move back to a point from which one has previously departed
LUK 1:56 · LUK 2:20 · LUK 2:43 · LUK 2:45 · LUK 4:1 · LUK 4:14 · LUK 7:10 · LUK 8:37 · LUK 8:39 · LUK 8:40 · LUK 9:10 · LUK 10:17 · LUK 11:24 · LUK 17:15 · LUK 17:18 · LUK 19:12 · LUK 23:48 · LUK 23:56 · LUK 24:9 · LUK 24:33 · LUK 24:52 · ACT 1:12 · ACT 8:25 · ACT 8:28 · ACT 12:25 · ACT 13:13 · ACT 14:21 · ACT 20:3 · ACT 21:6 · ACT 22:17 · ACT 23:32 · GAL 1:17 · HEB 7:1
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 ὑποστρέφω[a] ‘to return,’ 15.88) to turn back to a previous belief
13.24 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to return to again, to again be in to be again in a former state
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-στρέφω ; impf. ὑπέστρεφον ; fut. ὑποστρέψω; 1 aor. ὑπέστρεψα; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 3); 5 trans. to turn back, to turn about: as ἵππους, Hom. Il. 5, 581. 2. intrans. to turn back i.e. to return: absol., Mk. xiv. 40 [here L WH πάλιν ἐλθών Tr ἐλθών] ; Lk. ii. 20 (here Rec. ἐπιστρέφ.), 43; viii. 37,40; ix.10; x. ΤΩ: xvil. 15; xix. 12: xxiii. 48,56; Acts viii. 28; foll. by an inf. of purpose, Lk. xvii. 18; foll. by διά with a gen. of place, Acts xx. 3; εἰς with an ace. of place, Lk. i. 56; ii. 89 [here T Tr mrg. WH ἐπιστρέφ.], 45; iv. 14; vii. 10; Vili. 39; xi. 24; xxiv. 33,52; Acts i. 12; viii. 253 xiii. 18; xiv. 21; xxi. 6; xxii. 17; xxiii. 32; Gal. 1. 17; εἰς
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑποστρέφω hypostrephō 35x
to turn back, return, Mk. 14:40; Lk. 1:56; 2:39, 43, 45
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-στρέφω
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ],
trans., to turn back or about (Hom.).
Intrans., to turn back, return: Lk 2:20, 43 8:37, 40 9:10 10:17 17:15 19:12 23:48, 56, Ac 8:28; c. inf., Lk 17:18; seq.. διά, Ac 20:3; εἰς, Lk 1:56 2:45 4:14 7:10 8:39 11:24 24:33, 52, Ac 1:12 8:25 13:13, 34 14:21 21:6 22:17 23:32, Ga 1:17; ἀπό, Lk 4:1 24:9, He 7:1; ἐκ, Ac 12:25, II Pe 2:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑποστρέφω, “turn back,” ‘* return.” For this verb, which is a favourite with Lk, cf. P Giss I. go 8 (A.D, 215) ὑποστρεφέτωσαν πάντες εἰς Tas πατρίδας τὰς idias, P Flor 11. 247} (A.D. 256) δύναται ἐξαυτῆς ὑποστρέψαι, P Oxy I. 1228 (ili/iv A.D.) ἜΠπί. . .].s ὑπέστρεφεν, ‘‘E. went back,” and P Masp I. 670049 (Byz.). See also Vett. Val. p. 2883? αὐτὸς δὲ τῆς ἐλπίδος σφαλεὶς ὑπέστρεψεν ὀλίγα aden Pes.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō) — to return. ὑποστρέφω, turn round about or back, ἵππους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ κισσὸς.. Βακχίαν ὑποστρέφων ἅμιλλαν bringing back the Bacchic struggle, i. e. the swift and eager dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. roll up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. passive, revolve beneath, τινι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. intransitive, turn about, especially of persons flying or retreating, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, αὖτις ὑποστρεφθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; -στρᾰφείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. generally, return, αὖτις ὑ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ζήτησιν[Refs 3rd c.AD+]; in future middle, οὐ μὲν γάρ τί σ᾽ ὑποστρέψεσθαι ὀΐω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a disease, return, recur, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. turn away, and so elude an attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically in middle, with infinitive, refuse, τὸν ἀΐδιον ἐπιγινώσκειν Θεὸν ὑπεστρέφοντο (i.e. οἱ Βλέμυες) [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II.4. ὑποστρέψαντες reversely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. retract the accent, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]