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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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Jeremiah 42:12
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:12 · retained source text

And I will shew mercies vnto you, that he may haue mercy vpon you; and cause you to returne to your owne land.

Jeremiah 44:14
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:14 · retained source text

So that none of the remnant of Iudah which are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall escape or remaine, that they should returne into the land of Iudah to the which they haue a desire to returne to dwell there: for none shall returne but such as shall escape.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lift vp their soule.

Jeremiah 44:28
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:28 · retained source text

Yet a small number that escape the sword, shall returne out of the land of Egypt into the land of Iudah: and all the remnant of Iudah that are gone into the land of Egypt to soiourne there, shall know whose wordes shall stand, mine or theirs.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from me or from them.

Jeremiah 46:27
¶ But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:27 · retained source text

¶ But feare not thou, O my seruant Iacob, and be not dismaied, O Israel: for behold, I will saue thee from afarre off, and thy seed from the land of their captiuitie, and Iacob shall returne and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

1611 marginal noteIsai.41.13. and 43.5. and 44.1. Cha.30.10.

Jeremiah 50:9
¶ For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:9 · retained source text

¶ For loe, I will raise and cause to come vp against Babylon, an assembly of great nations from the North countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray against her, from thence shee shalbe taken: their arrowes shalbe as of a mightie expert man: none shall returne in vaine.

1611 marginal noteOr, destroyer.

Ezekiel 7:13
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:13 · retained source text

For the seller shall not returne to that which is solde, although they were yet aliue: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof which shal not returne: neither shall any strengthen himselfe in the iniquity of his life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thogh their life were yet among the liuing.

1611 marginal noteOr, whose life is in his iniquitie. Heb. his iniquitie.

Ezekiel 13:22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 13:22 · retained source text

Because with lyes yee haue made the heart of the righteous sad whom I haue not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that hee should not returne from his wicked way by promising him life:

1611 marginal noteOr, that I should saue his life. Hebr. by quickning him.

Ezekiel 16:55
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:55 · retained source text

When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters shal returne to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall returne to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall returne to your former estate.

Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:23 · retained source text

Haue I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith the LORD God? And not that he should returne from his wayes, and liue?

1611 marginal noteChap. 33.11.

Ezekiel 21:5
That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:5 · retained source text

That all flesh may know, that I the LORD haue drawen foorth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not returne any more.

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