Word Summary
epistrophē: a turning about, conversion
Original Word: ἐπιστροφήTransliteration: epistrophē
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-trof-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a turning about, conversion
Meaning: a turning about, conversion
Strong's Concordance
conversion.
From epistrepho; reversion, i.e. Morally, revolution -- conversion.
see GREEK epistrepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1995: ἐπιστροφήἐπιστροφή,
ἐπιστροφῆς,
ἡ (
ἐπιστρέφω),
conversion (of Gentiles from idolatry to the true God (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 26)):
Acts 15:3. (Cf. Sir. 49:2 Sir. 18:21 (20); in Greek writings in many other senses.)