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contrary

Meaning of “contrary”

Sense 1: Opposed, adverse, conflicting, or moving against another. Sense 2: Reversed or turned to the opposite result.

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24 occurrences23 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 26:21

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Leviticus 26:21
¶ And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:21 · retained source text

¶ And if ye walke contrary vnto me, and will not hearken vnto mee, I will bring seuen times moe plagues vpon you, according to your sinnes.

1611 marginal noteOr, at all aduentures with me, & so verse 24.

Leviticus 26:23
And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:23 · retained source text

And if ye will not be reformed by these things, but will walke contrary vnto me:

Leviticus 26:24
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:24 · retained source text

Then will I also walke contrary vnto you, and will punish you yet seuen times for your sinnes.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 22.27. psal. 18.26.

Leviticus 26:27
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:27 · retained source text

And if ye wil not for all this hearken vnto me, but walke contrary vnto mee,

Leviticus 26:28
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:28 · retained source text

Then I wil walke contrary vnto you also in fury, and I, euen I will chastise you seuen times for your sinnes.

Leviticus 26:40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:40 · retained source text

If they shall confesse the iniquitie of their fathers, with their trespasse which they trespassed against me, and that also they haue walked contrary vnto me:

Leviticus 26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:41 · retained source text

And that I also haue walked contrary vnto them, and haue brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their vncircumcised hearts bee humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquitie:

Esther 9:1
NOW in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Now in the twelfth month (that is the moneth Adar) on the thirteenth day of the same, when the Kings commaundement and his decree drew neere to bee put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer them: (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them.)

Ezekiel 16:34
And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:34 · retained source text

And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredomes, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredomes: and in that thou giuest a reward, and no reward is giuen vnto thee: therefore thou art contrary.

Matthew 14:24
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 14:24 · retained source text

But the ship was now in the midst of the Sea, tossed with waues: for the wind was contrary.

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