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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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Isaiah 6:13
¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 6:13 · retained source text

¶ But yet in it shalbe a tenth, and it shall returne, and shall be eaten: as a Teyle tree, and as an Oke whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaues: so the holy seede shall be the substance thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it is returned and hath bin broused.

1611 marginal noteOr, stocke, or stemme.

Isaiah 10:21
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:21 · retained source text

The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iacob, vnto the mightie God.

Isaiah 10:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:22 · retained source text

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in or amongst.

1611 marginal noteOr, in.

1611 marginal noteCha 28.22 rom.9.27.

Isaiah 19:22
And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:22 · retained source text

And the LORD shall smite Egypt, he shall smite and heale it, and they shall returne euen to the LORD, and he shalbe intreated of them, and shall heale them.

Isaiah 21:12
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 21:12 · retained source text

The watchman sayd; The morning commeth, and also the night: if yee will enquire, enquire yee: returne, come.

Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 35:10 · retained source text

And the ransomed of the LORD shall returne and come to Zion with songs, and euerlasting ioy vpon their heads: they shall obtaine ioy and gladnesse, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

1611 marginal noteChap. 51.11.

Isaiah 37:7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 37:7 · retained source text

Behold, I will send a blast vpon him, and hee shall heare a rumour, and returne to his owne land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land.

1611 marginal noteOr, put a spirit into him.

Isaiah 37:34
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 37:34 · retained source text

By the way that he came, by the same shall he returne, and shall not come into this citie, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 44:22 · retained source text

I haue blotted out, as a thicke cloude, thy transgressions, and as a a cloud, thy sinnes: returne vnto me, for I haue redeemed thee.

Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:23 · retained source text

I haue sworne by my selfe: the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousnes, and shall not returne, that vnto me euery knee shall bowe, euery tongue shall sweare.

1611 marginal noteRom. 14.11. phil.2.10.

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