noun · feminine
epistrofas
Greekἐπιστροφή (epistrofē)
Strong’sG1995
a turning to God
stem epistrof-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐπι-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἐπιστρέφω) [in LXX: Ez 47:7 (שׁוּב), Si 18:21 49:2, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1995 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-is-trof-ay'
reversion, i.e. morally, revolution
Fromfrom G1994;
King Jamesconversion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epistrofas | epistrofais |
| object accusative | epistrofan1×ἐπιστροφὴν | epistrofain |
| direct address vocative | epistrofar | epistrofair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epistrofau | epistrofaiu |
| to, for dative | epistrofa | epistrofai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epistrofa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epistrofan“conversion”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 15:3“conversion”tois men oun propempiratois hupo tau ekklēsau dierchele tan tē Foinikan kai Samareian ekdiēgerōtois tan epistrofan teiu ethneiu, kai poiale charan megan pantoi toi adelfoi.Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.