What does ἐπανέρχομαι (epanérchomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐπανέρχομαι (epanérchomai): Denotes return to a previous location or state after departure; emphasizes completion of a round trip.
Greek · G1880
ἐπανέρχομαι
To return
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ἐπανέρχομαιG1880
Pronunciationepanérchomai
What does ἐπανέρχομαι (epanérchomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐπανέρχομαι (epanérchomai): Denotes return to a previous location or state after departure; emphasizes completion of a round trip.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1880?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include return (1), returned (1).
Where does ἐπανέρχομαι (epanérchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 10:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itreturn1×Luke 10:35
returned1×Luke 19:15
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Usage map
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First aligned rowLuke 10:35
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Luke2
Source forms
ἐπανελθεῖν1xepaneltheinLuke 19:15
ἐπανέρχεσθαί1xepanerchesthaiLuke 10:35
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active1xLuke 19:15
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive1xLuke 10:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Denotes return to a previous location or state after departure; emphasizes completion of a round trip.
Strong'sG1880
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to return
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 10:35Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Infinitive
ἐπανέρχεσθαίepanercesqai
I return, come back again
Read verseLuke 19:15Verb Second Aorist Active Infinitive
ἐπανελθεῖνepanelqein
I return, come back again
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms2TensesPresent, AoristVoicesMiddle, Active
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Tenses
Voices
Infinitiveverbal noun — the action in abstract2×
Present MiddleLuke 10:351×
Aorist ActiveLuke 19:151×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1aorist1
Voice
middle1active1
Mood
infinitive2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 19:11–27ἐπανελθόντοςepanérchomai
Having returned
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Word Origins
ἐπανέρχομαι is built from these roots: