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convert

Meaning of “convert”

Sense 1: To turn or return from one course or state to another. Sense 2: To turn another from error.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 6:10

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “convert”

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Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 6:10 · retained source text

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their eares heauy, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heart, and conuert and be healed.

James 5:19
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 5:19 · retained source text

Brethren, if any of you doe erre from the trueth, and one conuert him,

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

James 5:20

Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To change from one state to another.

volume 1, leaf 481, column 2 (transitive verb entry)

To turn or be changed; to undergo a change.

volume 1, leaf 481, column 2 (intransitive verb entry)