Words the Bible translates as return
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shuvשׁוּבto turn back: to reverse a movement and retrace the way already taken, whether going home, sending something back, or turning toward or away from God
- epistrephōἐπιστρέφωto turn: to change direction so as to face or move toward something, whether a body turning around, a person going back to a place, or a heart turning to God
- anastrephōἀναστρέφωto go back: to turn around and return to the place you came from
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- to conduct yourself: to go about your life among other people in a particular manner
- strephōστρέφωto turn: to change the direction something faces, moves, or points
- hupostrephōὑποστρέφωto return: to go back to a place or person you came from
- anakamptōἀνακάμπτωto returnnot studied yet
- epanerchomaiἐπανέρχομαιto returnnot studied yet
- tuvתּוּבto go back, or to send something back: whether a person's mind comes back to him, an object is put back where it belongs, or a word is sent back as an answer
- teshuvahתְּשׁוּבָהa coming back around: the return of something to the point it set out from
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- an answer: what one side says back to the other in an argument
- antimetreōἀντιμετρέωto returnnot studied yet
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