Meaning
"to give back," is translated "I restore" in Luk 19:8. See DELIVER, A, No. 3.
<2,,600, apokathistemi>
or the alternative form apokathistano is used (a) of "restoration" to a former condition of health, Mat 12:13, Mar 3:5, Mar 8:25, Luk 6:10; (b) of the Divine "restoration" of Israel and conditions affected by it, including the renewal of the covenant broken by them, Mat 17:11, Mar 9:12, Act 1:6; (c) of "giving" or "bringing" a person back, Heb 13:19. In the papyri it is used of financial restitution, of making good the breaking of a stone by a workman by his substituting another, of the reclamation of land, etc. (Moulton and Milligan).
<3,,2675, katartizo>
"to mend, to furnish completely," is translated "restore" in Gal 6:1, metaphorically, of the "restoration," by those who are spiritual, of one overtaken in a trespass, such a one being as a dislocated member of the spiritual body. The tense is the continuous present, suggesting the necessity for patience and perseverance in the process. See FIT, MEND, PERFECT.
