605. apokatastasis
Berean Strong's Lexicon
apokatastasis: Restoration

Original Word: ἀποκατάστασις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: apokatastasis
Pronunciation: ah-po-kah-TAS-tah-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok-at-as'-tas-is)
Definition: Restoration
Meaning: restitution, reestablishment, restoration.

Word Origin: From the Greek verb ἀποκαθίστημι (apokathistēmi), meaning "to restore" or "to set in order."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of restoration is echoed in several Hebrew terms, such as שׁוּב (shuv, Strong's H7725), meaning "to return" or "to restore," and חָדַשׁ (chadash, Strong's H2318), meaning "to renew" or "to make new."

Usage: The term "apokatastasis" refers to the concept of restoration or returning something to its original state. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the ultimate restoration of all things to their intended order and harmony under God's sovereign plan. This concept is often associated with eschatological themes, emphasizing the fulfillment of God's promises and the renewal of creation.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the idea of restoration was not uncommon, often associated with the return to a previous state of affairs, whether in political, social, or natural contexts. In Jewish thought, restoration was deeply connected to the prophetic hope of Israel's return from exile and the establishment of God's kingdom. The early Christian understanding of apokatastasis was shaped by these Jewish expectations, but it was expanded to include the restoration of all creation through Christ.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 605 apokatástasis (from 600 /apokathístēmi, "restore") – restitution, referring to the "restoration of the physical earth in the Messianic kingdom (Millennium)" (G. Archer).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from apokathistémi
Definition
restoration
NASB Translation
restoration (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 605: ἀποκατάστασις

ἀποκατάστασις, ἀποκαταστάσεως, (ἀποκαθίστημι, which see), restoration: τῶν πάντων, the restoration not only of the true theocracy but also of that more perfect state of (even physical) things which existed before the fall, Acts 3:21; cf. Meyer at the passage (Often in Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
restitution.

From apokathistemi; reconstitution -- restitution.

see GREEK apokathistemi

Forms and Transliterations
αποκαταστασεως αποκαταστάσεως ἀποκαταστάσεως apokatastaseos apokatastaseōs apokatastáseos apokatastáseōs
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 3:21 N-GFS
GRK: ἄχρι χρόνων ἀποκαταστάσεως πάντων ὧν
NAS: [the] period of restoration of all things
KJV: the times of restitution of all things,
INT: until times of restoration of all things of which

Strong's Greek 605
1 Occurrence


ἀποκαταστάσεως — 1 Occ.

















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