anakampto denotes going back, whether on a journey or, in one clause, when peace comes back to its sender.

The attested use most often concerns people going back to a person or country: a promised revisit, a prohibited return to Herod, and a possible return to the country left behind. A separate clause applies the same back-toward relation to peace returning to its sender.

1. Going back to a person or place · dominant

   In Acts 18:21, the first-person future form occurs in the promise, rendered by the APB as "I will return to you again if God wills." In Matthew 2:12, the aorist infinitive is part of the warning not to go back to Herod, while Hebrews 11:15 presents opportunity to go back to the country from which they had gone out.

   Acts 18:21Matthew 2:12Hebrews 11:15
2. Peace coming back to its sender · occasional

   In Luke 10:6, the third-person future form is used of "your peace" when no son of peace is present; the APB renders the result, "it will return to you."

   Luke 10:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "return" in all four clauses, applying it to a revisit, a forbidden journey back, a possible return to a former country, and peace coming back to its sender. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall direction rather than isolate every contribution of the term.