Strong G1994ἐπιστρέφω
to turn
- Transliteration
- epistrephō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-stref'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-στρέφω
[very frequently in LXX, chiefly for שׁוּב, in its various senses, also for פָּנָה, etc.;]
1. trans., to turn about, round or towards, hence metaphorically, to turn, cause to return (to God, virtue, etc.): Luk.1:16-17 (cf. Mal.3:24), Jas.5:19-20.
2. Intrans.,
__(a) to turn, turn oneself around: Act.16:18; with inf., Rev.1:12; before πρός, Act.9:40; so also pass. (cl.), Mrk.5:30 8:33, Jhn.21:20; metaphorically, of turning to God (see Field, Notes, 246 ff.), ἐπὶ τ. κύριον (θεόν), Act.9:35 11:21 14:15 15:19 26:20; πρὸς τ. θεόν, 1Th.1:9, 2Co.3:16; ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, Act.26:18; pass., 1Pe.2:25;
__(b) to return (as in MGr.): Luk.8:55, Act.15:36; before ὀπίσω, with inf., Mat.24:18; before εἰς, Mat.12:44, Mrk.13:16, Luk.2:39 17:31; ἐπί, 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, before ἐπί, Gal.4:9; πρός, Luk.17:4; of moral reform, Mat.13:15, Mrk.4:12, Luk.22:32, Act.3:19 28:27; pass., Mat.10:13 (Cremer, 531, 881).†
(AS)
[very frequently in LXX, chiefly for שׁוּב, in its various senses, also for פָּנָה, etc.;]
1. trans., to turn about, round or towards, hence metaphorically, to turn, cause to return (to God, virtue, etc.): Luk.1:16-17 (cf. Mal.3:24), Jas.5:19-20.
2. Intrans.,
__(a) to turn, turn oneself around: Act.16:18; with inf., Rev.1:12; before πρός, Act.9:40; so also pass. (cl.), Mrk.5:30 8:33, Jhn.21:20; metaphorically, of turning to God (see Field, Notes, 246 ff.), ἐπὶ τ. κύριον (θεόν), Act.9:35 11:21 14:15 15:19 26:20; πρὸς τ. θεόν, 1Th.1:9, 2Co.3:16; ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς, Act.26:18; pass., 1Pe.2:25;
__(b) to return (as in MGr.): Luk.8:55, Act.15:36; before ὀπίσω, with inf., Mat.24:18; before εἰς, Mat.12:44, Mrk.13:16, Luk.2:39 17:31; ἐπί, 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, before ἐπί, Gal.4:9; πρός, Luk.17:4; of moral reform, Mat.13:15, Mrk.4:12, Luk.22:32, Act.3:19 28:27; pass., Mat.10:13 (Cremer, 531, 881).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1994 appears in 38 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- turn22
- convert7
- return6
- let3
- again1
- be1
- come1
- converteth1
- go1
First verses
- Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- Matthew 10:13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
- Matthew 12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Matthew 24:18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
- Mark 4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
- Mark 5:30And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
- Mark 8:33But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
- Mark 13:16And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
- Luke 1:16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
- Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
- Luke 2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
- Luke 8:55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
- Luke 17:4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
- Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
- John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- John 21:20Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
- Acts 3:19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Acts 9:35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπι-στρέφω,
perfect ἐπέστροφα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus (see. below 1.2a))]:—turn about, turn round, νῶτον Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141; δεῦρ᾽ ἐ. κάρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 942, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.12; στροφεῖς 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 23.3)]; ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἐπιστροφή 11.1), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.90)]; also, put an enemy to flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.9)]; wheel about, τοὺς ἱππεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 19)]; wheel through a right angle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.5 (_active_ and _passive_), etc.; _intransitive_, [prev. work]12.11, etc.)]
b. intransitive, turn about, turn round, ἕλκε δ᾽ ἐπιστρέψας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.370)]; here only in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], and perhaps transitive, whirl, but see [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.103, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 566; ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἐπίστρεφε δεῦρο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 422)]; of ships, put about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.47.8, 50.5)]; of a wild boar, turn upon the hunter, ἐπί τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.15)]; return, ἀπὸ τῆς στρατείας Epist. Philipp. in [NT (“IG” 9(2).517.37 (from Larissa), cf. NT.Matt.12.44, etc.)]; of an illness, recur, falsa lectio for{ὑπο-}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 124)]: as Hebraism, with infinitive, as periphrasis of πάλιν, ἐπιστρέψει.. εὐφρανθῆναι [LXX (LXX.Deu.30.9, cf. LXX.2Esd.9.14, +others)]; so with καί and finite Verb, ἐπέστρεψεν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν[LXX (LXX.2Ch.33.3, cf. LXX.Mal.1.4, +others)]
2. turn towards, νόημα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1083; ἦθος κατά τινα [prev. author] 213)]; ἐ. τινά turn his attention towards one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 11)]; τινὰ πρός τι, εἰς ἑαυτόν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.21c,69f, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.3.8)]; οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐπεστροφότες ἐπὶ σοφίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 34.1)]; ἐ. πίστιν press a pledge upon one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1182)]; ἐ. τὴν φάλαγγα bring it into action, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 42: hence,)]
2.b. intransitive, turn (oneself) towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.12, etc.)]; ἐ. εἰς or πρὸς ἑαυτόν, of νοῦς, reflect, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.1, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 15)]; τὸ ἐπιστρέφον βαθρικόν the steps leading to the sarcophagus, Judeich Altertümervon Hierapolis [Refs (152.)]
3. turn or convert from an error, correct, cause to repent, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 16; πλημμελοῦντας [prev. author] “Cat.Mi.” 14)]; warn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.7.1)]; coerce, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 4.20.15.1.)]
3.b. passive, to be converted, return, ἐπὶ Κύριον [LXX (LXX.Deu.30.2)]; intransitive, repent,[LXX+NT (LXX.Judg.5.19, +others, NT.Matt.13.15, NT.Luke.22.32, etc.)]
3.c. Philos., cause to return to the source of Being, τινὰς εἰς τὰ ἐναντία καὶ τὰ πρῶτα [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.1; τι πρὸς τἀγαθόν 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 144)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.2.4, 5.2.1)]; τὸ προϊὸν ἀπό τινος -στρέφεται πρὸς ἐκεῖνο ἀφ᾽ οὗ πρόεισιν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 31; πρὸς τὸ ἕν 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 27)]:—also intransitive in active, ἐ. εἰς ἑαυτόν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.6)]; τὸ γεννηθὲν φύσει πρὸς τὸ γεννῆσαν ἐ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 13)]; οὐδὲν τῶν σωμάτων πρὸς ἑαυτὸ πέφυκεν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 15.)]
4. curve, twist, ὀδύνη σε περὶ τὰ σπλάγχν᾽ ἔοικ᾽ ἐπιστρέφειν variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1131; ἐ. ἐπισκύνιον “Anthologia Graeca” 11.376.8 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, to be distorted, ἢν τράχηλος ἐπιστραφῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.35)]; of hair, curl, οἷς ἐπέστραπται τὸ τρίχιον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 963b10)]; ἐπεστραμμένος, of a tree, crooked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.8.4)]; of fir-needles, bent, [Refs ([prev. work] 3.9.6.)]
II. middle and passive, especially in aorist 2 passive ἐπεστράφην [ᾰ], also ἐπεστρέφθην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.179)]: Doric dialect 3rd.pers. singular future passive -στραφησεῖται[Refs (“GDI” 3089.27 (from Callatis))]:—turn oneself round, turn about, ἤϊε ἐπιστρεφόμενος constantly turning, as if to look behind one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.156: and with _accusative_, πολλὰ θάλαμον ἐξιοῦσ᾽ ἐπεστράφη)] turned to gaze on it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 187)]; so of a lion retreating, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629b15)]; δι᾽ οὗ πάσας ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς περιφοράς by which all the revolving spheres are turned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616c)]; δόξα τῇδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη thus turned about, changed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1111.)]
II.2. go back-and forwards, πάντῃ [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 27.10)]; κατ᾽ ἄλσος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 508: with _accusative_, γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται)] wanders over the earth, with collateral sense of observing, studying it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 753, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 648; so ἐ. ὀρέων κορυφάς 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 2.4)]: also with accusative loci, turn to a place, πόθεν γῆς τῆσδ᾽ ἐπεστράφης πέδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 83, compare 89, 768, “Ion” 352 (also εἰς χώρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.13): c._accusative_ _cognate_, [διεξόδους] ἐπιστρέφεσθαι)] walk in.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247a)]; of the sun, revolve, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 584.)]
II.3. turn the mind towards, pay attention to, regard [Refs 6th c.BC+ (compare (ἐπιστροφή 11.3), τινός 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 96, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 599, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.15 O., “Anthologia Graeca” 5.47 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus))]; τῶν ἰδίων οὐδὲν ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 440; εἴς τι 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in librum de sensu commentarium - pars” 57.18)]: absolutely, return to oneself, pay attention, ἐπιστραφείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88; οὐκ ἦλθες,.. οὐδ᾽ ἐπεστράφης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 400)]; οὐκ ἐπεστράφη, ={οὐκ ἐφρόντισε} (just above), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.136, compare 10.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.319 (1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3.b. conduct oneself, behave, ἀξίως τᾶς τιμᾶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 539 A 22 (Decrees Amphict., 3rd c.BC).)]
II.4. c.accusative, θεοῦ νιν κέλευσμ᾽ ἐπεστράφη turned against her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 101 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.5. perfect participle passive ἐπεστραμμένος, ={ἐπιστρεφής}, earnest, vehement, λέγειν ἐπεστραμμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; ἀφέλεια -στραμμένη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.7.1.)]
perfect ἐπέστροφα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus (see. below 1.2a))]:—turn about, turn round, νῶτον Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141; δεῦρ᾽ ἐ. κάρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 942, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.12; στροφεῖς 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 23.3)]; ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἐπιστροφή 11.1), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.90)]; also, put an enemy to flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.9)]; wheel about, τοὺς ἱππεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 19)]; wheel through a right angle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.5 (_active_ and _passive_), etc.; _intransitive_, [prev. work]12.11, etc.)]
b. intransitive, turn about, turn round, ἕλκε δ᾽ ἐπιστρέψας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.370)]; here only in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], and perhaps transitive, whirl, but see [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.103, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 566; ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἐπίστρεφε δεῦρο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 422)]; of ships, put about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.47.8, 50.5)]; of a wild boar, turn upon the hunter, ἐπί τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.15)]; return, ἀπὸ τῆς στρατείας Epist. Philipp. in [NT (“IG” 9(2).517.37 (from Larissa), cf. NT.Matt.12.44, etc.)]; of an illness, recur, falsa lectio for{ὑπο-}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 124)]: as Hebraism, with infinitive, as periphrasis of πάλιν, ἐπιστρέψει.. εὐφρανθῆναι [LXX (LXX.Deu.30.9, cf. LXX.2Esd.9.14, +others)]; so with καί and finite Verb, ἐπέστρεψεν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν[LXX (LXX.2Ch.33.3, cf. LXX.Mal.1.4, +others)]
2. turn towards, νόημα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1083; ἦθος κατά τινα [prev. author] 213)]; ἐ. τινά turn his attention towards one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 11)]; τινὰ πρός τι, εἰς ἑαυτόν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.21c,69f, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.3.8)]; οἱ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐπεστροφότες ἐπὶ σοφίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 34.1)]; ἐ. πίστιν press a pledge upon one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1182)]; ἐ. τὴν φάλαγγα bring it into action, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 42: hence,)]
2.b. intransitive, turn (oneself) towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.12, etc.)]; ἐ. εἰς or πρὸς ἑαυτόν, of νοῦς, reflect, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.1, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 15)]; τὸ ἐπιστρέφον βαθρικόν the steps leading to the sarcophagus, Judeich Altertümervon Hierapolis [Refs (152.)]
3. turn or convert from an error, correct, cause to repent, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 16; πλημμελοῦντας [prev. author] “Cat.Mi.” 14)]; warn, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.7.1)]; coerce, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 4.20.15.1.)]
3.b. passive, to be converted, return, ἐπὶ Κύριον [LXX (LXX.Deu.30.2)]; intransitive, repent,[LXX+NT (LXX.Judg.5.19, +others, NT.Matt.13.15, NT.Luke.22.32, etc.)]
3.c. Philos., cause to return to the source of Being, τινὰς εἰς τὰ ἐναντία καὶ τὰ πρῶτα [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.1; τι πρὸς τἀγαθόν 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 144)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.2.4, 5.2.1)]; τὸ προϊὸν ἀπό τινος -στρέφεται πρὸς ἐκεῖνο ἀφ᾽ οὗ πρόεισιν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 31; πρὸς τὸ ἕν 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 27)]:—also intransitive in active, ἐ. εἰς ἑαυτόν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.6)]; τὸ γεννηθὲν φύσει πρὸς τὸ γεννῆσαν ἐ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 13)]; οὐδὲν τῶν σωμάτων πρὸς ἑαυτὸ πέφυκεν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 15.)]
4. curve, twist, ὀδύνη σε περὶ τὰ σπλάγχν᾽ ἔοικ᾽ ἐπιστρέφειν variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1131; ἐ. ἐπισκύνιον “Anthologia Graeca” 11.376.8 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, to be distorted, ἢν τράχηλος ἐπιστραφῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.35)]; of hair, curl, οἷς ἐπέστραπται τὸ τρίχιον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 963b10)]; ἐπεστραμμένος, of a tree, crooked, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.8.4)]; of fir-needles, bent, [Refs ([prev. work] 3.9.6.)]
II. middle and passive, especially in aorist 2 passive ἐπεστράφην [ᾰ], also ἐπεστρέφθην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.179)]: Doric dialect 3rd.pers. singular future passive -στραφησεῖται[Refs (“GDI” 3089.27 (from Callatis))]:—turn oneself round, turn about, ἤϊε ἐπιστρεφόμενος constantly turning, as if to look behind one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.156: and with _accusative_, πολλὰ θάλαμον ἐξιοῦσ᾽ ἐπεστράφη)] turned to gaze on it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 187)]; so of a lion retreating, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629b15)]; δι᾽ οὗ πάσας ἐπιστρέφεσθαι τὰς περιφοράς by which all the revolving spheres are turned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616c)]; δόξα τῇδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη thus turned about, changed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1111.)]
II.2. go back-and forwards, πάντῃ [Refs (“Hymni Homerici” 27.10)]; κατ᾽ ἄλσος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 508: with _accusative_, γαῖαν ἐπιστρέφεται)] wanders over the earth, with collateral sense of observing, studying it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 753, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 648; so ἐ. ὀρέων κορυφάς 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 2.4)]: also with accusative loci, turn to a place, πόθεν γῆς τῆσδ᾽ ἐπεστράφης πέδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 83, compare 89, 768, “Ion” 352 (also εἰς χώρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.13): c._accusative_ _cognate_, [διεξόδους] ἐπιστρέφεσθαι)] walk in.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247a)]; of the sun, revolve, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 584.)]
II.3. turn the mind towards, pay attention to, regard [Refs 6th c.BC+ (compare (ἐπιστροφή 11.3), τινός 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 96, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 599, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.15 O., “Anthologia Graeca” 5.47 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus))]; τῶν ἰδίων οὐδὲν ἐ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 440; εἴς τι 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in librum de sensu commentarium - pars” 57.18)]: absolutely, return to oneself, pay attention, ἐπιστραφείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88; οὐκ ἦλθες,.. οὐδ᾽ ἐπεστράφης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 400)]; οὐκ ἐπεστράφη, ={οὐκ ἐφρόντισε} (just above), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.136, compare 10.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.319 (1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3.b. conduct oneself, behave, ἀξίως τᾶς τιμᾶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 539 A 22 (Decrees Amphict., 3rd c.BC).)]
II.4. c.accusative, θεοῦ νιν κέλευσμ᾽ ἐπεστράφη turned against her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 101 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.5. perfect participle passive ἐπεστραμμένος, ={ἐπιστρεφής}, earnest, vehement, λέγειν ἐπεστραμμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; ἀφέλεια -στραμμένη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.7.1.)]