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Meaning of “back”

Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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154 occurrences151 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:16

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Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:35 · retained source text

Therefore thus sayth the LORD God, Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behinde thy backe, therfore beare thou also thy lewdnesse, and thy whoredomes.

Ezekiel 24:14
I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:14 · retained source text

I the LORD haue spoken it, it shall come to passe, and I will doe it, I will not goe backe, neither will I spare, neither will I repent, according to thy wayes and according to thy doings, shall they iudge thee, saith the LORD God.

Ezekiel 38:4
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 38:4 · retained source text

And I will turne thee backe, and put hookes into thy chawes, and I will bring thee foorth, and all thine armie, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, euen a great company with bucklers & shields, all of them handling swordes.

1611 marginal noteCha. 39.2.

Ezekiel 38:8
¶ After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 38:8 · retained source text

¶ After many daies thou shalt be visited: in the latter yeeres thou shalt come into the land, that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people against the mountaines of Israel, which haue beene alwayes waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

Ezekiel 39:2
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:2 · retained source text

And I will turne thee backe, and leaue but the sixt part of thee, and will cause thee to come vp from the North parts, and will bring thee vpon the mountaines of Israel:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the sides of the North.

1611 marginal noteOr, strike thee with sixe plagues, Or, drawe thee backe, with an book of six teeth, as chap. 38.4.

Ezekiel 44:1
THEN he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:1 · retained source text

¶ Then he brought me backe the way of the gate of the outward Sanctuarie which looketh toward the East, and it was shut.

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