to restore
apokathistemi describes restoring a body, sight, a person’s return, a kingdom, or “all things.”
The attested uses chiefly describe a damaged bodily condition or impaired sight being brought back to soundness or clarity. Elsewhere the verb concerns restoration on a wider scale—“all things” and Israel’s kingdom—or a speaker’s hoped-for return to those addressed.
Senses in use
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Restoring bodily condition or sight · dominant
In Mark 3:5, Luke 6:10, and Matthew 12:13, the aorist passive form occurs after the man stretches out his hand; the APB renders the result as his hand being “restored,” with Matthew 12:13 adding that it was sound as the other. In Mark 8:25, the aorist active form follows the laying on of hands and the man’s looking intently; the APB renders that he “was restored and saw everything clearly.”
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Restoring a larger order or totality · common
In Mark 9:12 and Matthew 17:11, the active forms describe Elijah in relation to “all things”; the APB renders the clauses “restores all things” and “will restore all things.” In Acts 1:6, the present active question concerns whether the kingdom will be restored to Israel at that time.
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Being restored to those addressed · rare
In Hebrews 13:19, the first-person aorist passive subjunctive appears in the request that the readers act so that the speaker may be restored to them sooner. The APB renders the stated aim as “that I may be restored to you the sooner.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB repeatedly uses “restored” for the bodily examples and for the speaker’s hoped-for return in Hebrews 13:19. It uses “restoring” or “restore” for the kingdom and “all things” clauses; These renderings describe the clauses rather than establish separate definitions.