Definition:
ὑπο-στρέφω [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב], 1) trans, to turn back or about (Hem.). 2) Intrans, to turn back, return: Luk.2:20, 43 8:37, 40 9:10 10:17 17:15 19:12 23:48, 56, Act.8:28; with inf, Luk.17:18; before διά, Act.20:3; εἰς, Luk.1:56 2:45 4:14 7:10 8:3 9:8 11:24 24:33, 52, Act.1:12 8:25 13:13, 34 14:21 21:6 22:17 23:32, Gal.1:17; ἀπό, Luk.4:1 24:9, Heb.7:1; ἐκ, Act.12:25, 2Pe.2:21. (AS)
Definition:
ὑποστρέφω,
turn round about or
back, ἵππους [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ κισσὸς. Βακχίαν ὑποστρέφων ἅμιλλαν
bringing back the Bacchic struggle, i. e. the swift and eager dance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
roll up, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
passive,
revolve beneath, τινι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
intransitive,
turn about, especially of persons flying or retreating, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
passive, αὖτις ὑποστρεφθείς [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
-στρᾰφείς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) generally,
return, αὖτις ὑ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ζήτησιν[
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; in
future middle, οὐ μὲν γάρ τί σ᾽ ὑποστρέψεσθαι ὀΐω [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a disease,
return, recur, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
turn away, and so
elude an attack, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
metaphorically in
middle, with
infinitive,
refuse, τὸν ἀΐδιον ἐπιγινώσκειν Θεὸν ὑπεστρέφοντο (i.e. οἱ Βλέμυες) [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
II.4) ὑποστρέψαντες
reversely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5)
retract the accent, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]