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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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Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:21 · retained source text

And said, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the LORD gaue, and the LORD hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteEccles. 5.14. 1.tim. 6.7.

Job 6:29
return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:29 · retained source text

Returne, I pray you, let it not be iniquitie; yea returne againe: my righteousnesse is in it.

1611 marginal noteThat is, in this matter.

Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 7:10 · retained source text

Hee shall returne no more to his house: neither shall his place know him any more.

Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 10:21 · retained source text

Before I goe whence I shall not returne, euen to the land of darknes and the shadow of death,

Job 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 15:22 · retained source text

He beleeueth not that he shall returne out of darkenesse, and he is waited for, of the sword.

Job 16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 16:22 · retained source text

When a few yeeres are come, then I shall goe the way whence I shall not returne.

1611 marginal noteHeb. yeeres of member.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 17:10 · retained source text

But as for you all, doe you returne, and come now, for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Job 22:23
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 22:23 · retained source text

If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put away iniquitie farre from thy tabernacles.

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.5.

Job 33:25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 33:25 · retained source text

His flesh shall be fresher then a childes: he shall returne to the dayes of his youth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. then childhood.

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