Return - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Return
[ 1,,G360, analuo ]to depart" in Philippians 1:23, signifies "to return" in Luke 12:36, used in a simile of the "return" of a lord for his servants after a marriage feast (RV). See DEPART, No. 16.
[ 2,,G390, anastrepho ]
"to turn back," is translated "to return" in Acts 5:22; Acts 15:16. See ABIDE, BEHAVE.
[ 3,,G1994, epistrepho ]
"to turn about," or "towards," is translated "to return" in Matthew 12:44; Matthew 24:18; Mark 13:16, RV (AV, "turn back again"); Luke 2:39; Luke 8:55, RV (AV, "came again"); Luke 17:31; Acts 15:36, RV (AV, "go again"). See CONVERT, A, No. 2, TURN.
[ 4,,G5290, hupostrepho ]
"to turn behind," or "back" (hupo, "under"), is translated "to return" (in some texts in Mark 14:40) in Luke 1:56; Luke 2:20, Luke 2:43; Luke 2:45, RV (AV, "turned back again"); Luke 4:1, Luke 4:14; Luke 7:10; Luke 8:37; Luke 10:17; Luke 11:24, AV (RV, "I will turn back"); Luke 17:18; Luke 19:12; Luke 23:48, Luke 23:56; Acts 1:12; Acts 12:25; Acts 13:13; Acts 13:34; Acts 20:3; Acts 21:6; Acts 22:17, RV (AV, "was come again"); Acts 23:32; Galatians 1:17; Hebrews 7:1. See TURN (back).
[ 5,,G344, anakampto ]
"to turn or bend back," occurs in Matthew 2:12; Luke 10:6 (i.e., as if it was unsaid); Acts 18:21; Hebrews 11:15.
[ 6,,G1877, epanago ]
"to bring up or back" (primarily a nautical term for "putting to sea;" See LAUNCH, PUT), is used intransitively, in Matthew 21:18, "He returned."
Note: In Luke 19:15, AV, epanerchomai, "to come back again" (RV) is translated "returned." See COME, No. 4.