Strong G344ἀνακάμπτω
to return
- Transliteration
- anakamptō
- Pronunciation
- an-ak-amp'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀνα-κάμπτω
[in LXX: 1Ch.19:5, Jer.3:1, al. (שׁוּב), Jer.15:5 (סוּר);]
1. trans., to bend or turn back.
2. Intrans., to return: Mat.2:12, Act.18:21, Heb.11:15; metaphorically (cf. MM, VGT, see word), Luk.10:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 1Ch.19:5, Jer.3:1, al. (שׁוּב), Jer.15:5 (סוּר);]
1. trans., to bend or turn back.
2. Intrans., to return: Mat.2:12, Act.18:21, Heb.11:15; metaphorically (cf. MM, VGT, see word), Luk.10:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G344 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- return3
- again1
- should1
- turn1
First verses
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Luke 10:6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
- Acts 18:21But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
- Hebrews 11:15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνακάμπ-τω,
bend convexly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 385b33 (_passive_))]; bend back, τῷ δ᾽ οὐ πάλιν θυμὸς ἀνεκάμπτετ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.82.)]
II make to return, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 12.)]
II.2 mostly intransitive, bend back, return, ταύτῃ λῆγον ἀ. ἐς τὰ εἴρηται τὸ ὄρος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8; ἡ περιφορὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀρχὴν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 407a30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72b; πάλιν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 337a6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 341, etc.)]
II.2.b walk up and down, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.4.16, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.796d, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.139.)]
II.2.c in Logic, of the terms of a proposition, to be converted, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 72b36, “de An.” 407a28.)]
II.2.d ἀνακάμπτων, name of a throw of the dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 57.)]
bend convexly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 385b33 (_passive_))]; bend back, τῷ δ᾽ οὐ πάλιν θυμὸς ἀνεκάμπτετ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.82.)]
II make to return, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 12.)]
II.2 mostly intransitive, bend back, return, ταύτῃ λῆγον ἀ. ἐς τὰ εἴρηται τὸ ὄρος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8; ἡ περιφορὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀρχὴν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 407a30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72b; πάλιν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione et Corruptione” 337a6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 341, etc.)]
II.2.b walk up and down, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.4.16, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.796d, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.139.)]
II.2.c in Logic, of the terms of a proposition, to be converted, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 72b36, “de An.” 407a28.)]
II.2.d ἀνακάμπτων, name of a throw of the dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 57.)]