apokathistēmi (to restore)

Meaning

Usually translated “was restored”, “it was restored” and “restore”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

was restored 2
it was restored 1
will restore 1
he restored 1
restores 1
are you restoring 1
i may be restored 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Mark 3
Matthew 2
Luke 1
Acts 1
Hebrews 1

5 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 17:11And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mark 8:25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
Mark 9:12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
Luke 6:10And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Acts 1:6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

All 8 verses, by book

Matthew 2: 12:13 17:11
Mark 3: 3:5 8:25 9:12
Luke 1: 6:10
Acts 1: 1:6
Hebrews 1: 13:19

Greek dictionary

ἀποκαθίστημι apokathistēmi · to restore

ἀπο-καθ-ίστημι (ἀποκαθιστάω, Mrk.9:12, Rec., -ιστάνω, LTTr.; cf. Act.1:6; -κατιστάνω, WH), [in LXX chiefly for שׁוּב ;] 1. to restore, i.e. to a former condition: of health, Mat.12:13, Mrk.3:5 8:25, Luk.6:10; of social or political affairs, Mat.17:11, Mrk.9:12, Act.1:6. 2. to give back, bring back: Heb.13:19 (so in π., MM, see word; cf. also Cremer, 312).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “restore” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

RESTO'RE, verb transitive

[Latin restauro. This is a compound of re and the root of store, story, history. The primary sense is to set, to lay or to throw, as in Gr. solid.]

To return to a person, as a specific thing which he has lost, or which has been taken from him and unjustly detained.“Now therefore restore to the man his wife” Genesis 20:7
To replace; to return; as a person or thing to a former place.“Pharaoh shall restore thee to thy place” Genesis 40:13
To bring back.
To bring back or recover from lapse, degeneracy, declension or ruin to its former state.

All definitions and other forms of “restore”

To heal; to cure; to recover from disease.“His hand was restored whole like as the other” Matthew 12:13
To make restitution or satisfaction for a thing taken, by returning something else, or something of different value.“He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep” Exodus 22:1
To give for satisfaction for pretended wrongs something not taken. Psalms 69:4
To repair; to rebuild; as, to restore and to build Jerusalem. Daniel 9:25
To revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life.“Whose son he had restored to life” 2 Kings 8:1
To return or bring back after absence. Hebrews 13:19
To bring to a sense of sin and amendment of life.
To renew or re-establish after interruption; as, peace is restored.
To recover or renew, as passages of an author obscured or corrupted; as, to restore the true reading.

RE'STORE, verb transitive

[re and store.]

To store again. The goods taken out were restored.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.