KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Toward the front or onward. Sense 2: To advance, promote, or send onward.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 26:13
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
¶ And the standerd of the campe of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and ouer his hoste was Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the Sanctuary, and the other did set vp the Tabernacle against they came.
1611 marginal noteThat is, the Gershomites, and the Merarites, See v. 17.
1611 marginal noteChap. 4.4.
¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
¶ And the standerd of the campe of the children of Ephraim set forward, according to their armies, and ouer his hoste was Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.
¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
¶ And the standerd of the campe of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rere-ward of all the campes throughout their hostes: and ouer his hoste was Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai.
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
Thus were the iourneyings of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they set forward.
1611 marginal noteHebr. These.
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
And it came to passe when the Arke set forward, that Moses said, Rise vp LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee before thee.
1611 marginal notePsal. 68.1,2.
¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
1611 marginal noteChap. 33.43.
AND the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plaines of Moab, on this side Iordane by Iericho.
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
For wee will not inherite with them on yonder side Iordane, or forward, because our inheritance is fallen to vs on this side Iordane Eastward.
And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
And Abimelech, and the companie that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and the two other companies ranne vpon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
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Historical English dictionary sources
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.
