KJV dictionary & concordance
To withdraw, go back, or move away.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 11:15
Complete exact-word concordance
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set yee Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battel, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
1611 marginal noteHeb. strong
1611 marginal noteHeb. from after him.
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Set vp the standards toward Zion: retyre, stay not; for I will bring euil from the North, and a great destruction.
1611 marginal noteOr, strengthen.
1611 marginal noteHebr. breaking.
1611 marginal noteChap. 1.13, 14, 23. chap. 6.26.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To return backward.
To give backe, or go back.
