Words the Bible translates as turn back
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hupostrephōὑποστρέφωto return: to go back to a place or person you came from
- sugסוּגto turn back: to draw away from where one stood, whether retreating in defeat or falling away from someone once followed
- nasagנָסַגto push something back out of the place where it belongs; most often, to shift a boundary marker and quietly take over a neighbor's land.
- sugשׂוּגto turn backnot studied yet
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