apokathistēmi · restore

What it means

apokathistēmi (ἀποκαθίστημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “restore”.

Bring back to its former state.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To bring something back to how it was: heal a hand or eyes.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• was restored ×4
• I may be restored ×1
• are you restoring ×1
• restores ×1
• will restore ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×3
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 12:13

  Then he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

• Matthew 17:11

  And he answered and said, “Elijah does come and will restore all things.

• Mark 3:5

  And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their heart, he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

• Mark 8:25

  Then again he laid his hands on his eyes, and he looked intently and was restored, and he was seeing everything clearly.

• Mark 9:12

  And he said to them, “Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written about the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

• Luke 6:10

  And looking around at them all, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.

• Acts 1:6

  So those who had come together were asking him, saying, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

• Hebrews 13:19

  And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you sooner.