ἀνακάμπτω

anakamptō · return

Greek word · Strong’s number G344 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

anakamptō (ἀνακάμπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “return”.

Turn back.

How to say it

a·na·kamp·tō

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 go back toward the place or person one came from.

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

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Matthew 2:12

    And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another way.

  • Luke 10:6

    And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

  • Acts 18:21

    but taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again, if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

  • Hebrews 11:15

    And if they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.