Anastrophē ἀναστροφή

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Anastrophē
ἀναστροφή
Transliterationanastrophē
Strong's numberG391
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossbehaviour
Occurrences13 in 13 verses
Most frequent in1 Peter (6)

Anastrophē (Greek ἀναστροφή, Strong's G391) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “behaviour”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀνα-στροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἀναστρέφομαι) [in LXX: Tob.4:14, 2Ma.5:8 2Mac 6:23 * ;]
1. a turning down or back, a wheeling about (Soph., Thuc., al.).
2. In late writers (Polyb., al.; see: ἀναστρέφω, and cf. Hort on Jas.3:13; MM, VGT, see word), manner of life, behaviour, conduct: Gal.1:13, Eph.4:22, 1Ti.4:12, Heb.13:7, Jas.3:13, 1Pe.1:15 1:18 2:12 3:1-2 3:16, 2Pe.2:7 3:11.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVconversation (12), of (1)
BSBway of life (4), conduct (3), behavior (2), you do (1), demeanor (1), you ought to conduct yourselves (1)

Verses

Every verse with Anastrophē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Galatians

Ephesians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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