KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Toward the back, with the back foremost, or in reverse. Sense 2: Figuratively, into defeat, decline, rebellion, or perverted judgment.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 9:23
Complete exact-word concordance
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go downe tenne degrees: nay, but let the shadow returne backward tenne degrees.
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
And Isaiah the Prophet cryed vnto the LORD, and he brought the shadow tenne degrees backeward, by which it had gone downe in the diall of Ahaz.
1611 marginal noteHeb. degrees.
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Historical English dictionary sources
With the back in advance; toward the back; on the back; in reverse order; in Scripture, to rebel or relapse, to be defeated or disappointed, or to pervert judgment, according to the phrase.
