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forward

Meaning of “forward”

Sense 1: Toward the front or onward. Sense 2: To advance, promote, or send onward.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
47 occurrences46 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 26:13

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Ezra 3:8
¶ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezra 3:8 · retained source text

¶ Now in the second yere of their coming vnto the house of God at Ierusalem, in the second moneth, began Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Ieshua the sonne of Iozadak, and the remnant of their brethren, the Priests and the Leuites, and all they that were come out of the captiuitie vnto Ierusalem: and appointed the Leuites, from twentie yeeres olde and vpward, to set forward the worke of the house of the LORD.

Ezra 3:9
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezra 3:9 · retained source text

Then stood Ieshua, with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sonnes, the sonnes of Iudah together, to set forward the workemen in the house of God: the sonnes of Henadad, with their sonnes and their brethren the Leuites.

1611 marginal noteOr, Hodauiah, Chap. 2.40.

1611 marginal noteHeb. as one.

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Historical definitions

To send forward; to send towards the place of destination; to transmit. To advance; to help onward; to promote. To accelerate; to quicken; to hasten.

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