Anastrophe means “conversation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H391 — akzab (“liar”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G391 ἀναστροφή (anastrophe) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. anastrophe (an-as-trof-ay') n. 1. behavior [from G390] It has 14 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include conversation. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
anastrophe (an-as-trof-ay') n. 1. behavior [from G390] KJV: conversation Root(s): G390
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G391. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
behaviour
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render anastrophe, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G391 (ἀναστροφή) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
13 indexed usages in New Testament.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honor of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightaway to send him to the grave.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G391.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honor of his gray head, whereunto he was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightaway to send him to the grave.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G391, grouped by book.
Anastrophe (Strong's G391) is a Greek word most simply glossed "conversation". anastrophe (an-as-trof-ay') n. 1. behavior [from G390]
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G391 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G391 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as conversation. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G391, with linked reader references where each row is available.