KJV dictionary & concordance

back

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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Nahum 2:8

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But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Nahum 2:8 · retained source text

But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand shall they cry: but none shal looke backe.

1611 marginal noteOr, from the dayes that she hath bene.

1611 marginal noteOr, cause them to turn.

Complete reference index — all 151 verses

Genesis 14:16 Genesis 19:9 Genesis 19:26 Genesis 38:29 Genesis 39:9 Exodus 14:21 Exodus 18:2 Exodus 23:4 Exodus 33:23 Numbers 9:7 Numbers 13:26 Numbers 22:34 Numbers 24:11 Deuteronomy 23:13 Joshua 8:20 Joshua 8:26 Joshua 11:10 Joshua 23:12 Judges 11:35 Judges 18:26 Ruth 1:15 Ruth 2:6 1 Samuel 10:9 1 Samuel 15:11 1 Samuel 25:34 2 Samuel 1:22 2 Samuel 12:23 2 Samuel 15:20 2 Samuel 15:25 2 Samuel 17:3 2 Samuel 18:16 2 Samuel 19:10 2 Samuel 19:11 2 Samuel 19:12 2 Samuel 19:37 2 Samuel 19:43 1 Kings 13:18 1 Kings 13:19 1 Kings 13:20 1 Kings 13:22 1 Kings 13:23 1 Kings 13:26 1 Kings 13:29 1 Kings 14:9 1 Kings 14:28 1 Kings 18:37 1 Kings 19:20 1 Kings 19:21 1 Kings 22:26 1 Kings 22:33 2 Kings 1:5 2 Kings 2:13 2 Kings 2:24 2 Kings 8:29 2 Kings 15:20 2 Kings 19:28 2 Kings 20:9 1 Chronicles 21:20 2 Chronicles 13:14 2 Chronicles 18:25 2 Chronicles 18:32 2 Chronicles 19:4 2 Chronicles 25:13 2 Chronicles 34:16 Nehemiah 2:15 Job 23:12 Job 26:9 Job 33:18 Job 33:30 Job 34:27 Job 39:22 Psalms 9:3 Psalms 14:7 Psalms 19:13 Psalms 21:12 Psalms 35:4 Psalms 44:10 Psalms 44:18 Psalms 53:3 Psalms 53:6 Psalms 56:9 Psalms 70:3 Psalms 78:9 Psalms 78:41 Psalms 78:57 Psalms 80:18 Psalms 85:1 Psalms 114:3 Psalms 114:5 Psalms 129:3 Psalms 129:5 Proverbs 10:13 Proverbs 19:29 Proverbs 26:3 Isaiah 14:27 Isaiah 31:2 Isaiah 37:29 Isaiah 38:17 Isaiah 42:17 Isaiah 43:6 Isaiah 50:5 Isaiah 50:6 Jeremiah 2:27 Jeremiah 4:8 Jeremiah 4:28 Jeremiah 6:9 Jeremiah 8:5 Jeremiah 11:10 Jeremiah 18:17 Jeremiah 21:4 Jeremiah 32:33 Jeremiah 38:22 Jeremiah 40:5 Jeremiah 42:4 Jeremiah 46:5 Jeremiah 46:21 Jeremiah 47:3 Jeremiah 48:10 Jeremiah 48:39 Jeremiah 49:8 Lamentations 1:13 Lamentations 2:3 Ezekiel 23:35 Ezekiel 24:14 Ezekiel 38:4 Ezekiel 38:8 Ezekiel 39:2 Ezekiel 44:1 Daniel 7:6 Hosea 4:16 Nahum 2:8 Zephaniah 1:6 Zephaniah 3:20 Matthew 24:18 Matthew 28:2 Mark 13:16 Luke 2:45 Luke 8:37 Luke 9:62 Luke 17:15 Luke 17:31 John 6:66 John 20:14 Acts 5:2 Acts 5:3 Acts 7:39 Acts 20:20 Romans 11:10 Hebrews 10:38 Hebrews 10:39 James 5:4

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Genesis 14:16 Ruth 2:6 1 Kings 14:9 Nehemiah 2:15 Psalms 85:1 Jeremiah 11:10 Hosea 4:16 James 5:4