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return

Meaning of “return”

Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

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263 occurrences239 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:19

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Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 1:7 · retained source text

All the riuers runne into the sea, yet the Sea is not full: vnto the place from whence the riuers come, thither they returne againe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. returne to goe.

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.9, 10. iob 38.10.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:15 · retained source text

As he came forth of his mothers wombe, naked shall he returne to goe as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

1611 marginal noteIob.1.21. 1.tim.6.7. psal. 49.17.

Ecclesiastes 12:2
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:2 · retained source text

While the Sunne, or the light, or the moone, or the starres be not darkened, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:7 · retained source text

Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it.

1611 marginal noteGen.3.19

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