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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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Jeremiah 7:24
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:24 · retained source text

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their eare, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their euill heart, and went backward, and not forward.

1611 marginal noteOr, stubburnnesse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. were.

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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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