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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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Numbers 10:36
And when it rested, he said, return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 10:36 · retained source text

And when it rested, he said, Returne, O LORD, vnto the many thousands of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. ten thousand thousands.

Numbers 14:3
And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:3 · retained source text

And wherefore hath the LORD brought vs vnto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wiues, and our children should be a pray? Were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt?

Numbers 14:4
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:4 · retained source text

And they saide one to another, Let vs make a captaine, and let vs returne into Egypt.

Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 23:5 · retained source text

And the LORD put a word in Balaams mouth, and said, Returne vnto Balak, & thus thou shalt speake.

Numbers 32:22
And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:22 · retained source text

And the land bee subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall returne, and bee guiltlesse before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

Numbers 35:28
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
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1611 witness · Numbers 35:28 · retained source text

Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the high Priest: but after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne into the land of his possession.

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