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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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Showing verses 11–14 of 14 · 15 word occurrences in this result

Hosea 11:9
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 11:9 · retained source text

I will not execute the fiercenes of mine anger, I will not returne to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man, the Holy One in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the citie.

Hosea 12:14
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
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1611 witness · Hosea 12:14 · retained source text

Ephraim prouoked him to anger, most bitterly: therefore shall he leaue his blood vpon him, and his reproch shall his LORD returne vnto him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. with bitternesses.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bloods.

Hosea 14:7
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 14:7 · retained source text

They that dwell vnder his shadow shall returne: they shall reuiue as the corne, & grow as the vine, the sent thereof shalbe as the wine of Lebanon.

1611 marginal noteOr, blossom.

1611 marginal noteOr, memoriall.

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