CONVERSION TERMS & MEANING

THE BIBLE TERMS FOR CONVERSION AND THEIR MEANING

             New Testament Words

                        (1) Epistrepho - to turn back - Acts 3:19  "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord."

                        (2) Apostrepho to turn away from - Acts 3:26  "Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities."
                                    translated by "convert" and "turn" generally in ARV
                                    - good illustration of meaning - John 21:20 "Then Peter, turning about."

             Old Testament Word

Shubh - to turn back - translated generally "turn".