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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 221–230 of 239 · 263 word occurrences in this result

Obadiah 1:15
For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Obadiah 1:15 · retained source text

For the day of the LORD is neere vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done vnto thee, thy reward shall returne vpon thine owne head.

1611 marginal noteEzek. 35.15.

Micah 1:7
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 1:7 · retained source text

And all the grauen images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burnt with the fire, and all the idoles therof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall returne to the hire of an harlot.

Micah 5:3
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 5:3 · retained source text

Therefore will hee giue them vp, vntill the time that shee which trauaileth, hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israel.

Malachi 1:4
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Malachi 1:4 · retained source text

Whereas Edom sayth, Wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places; Thus sayth the LORD of hostes, They shal build, but I will throw downe; and they shal call them, The border of wickednesse, & the people against whom the LORD hath indignation for euer.

Malachi 3:7
¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Malachi 3:7 · retained source text

¶ Euen from the dayes of your fathers yee are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the LORD of hosts: But ye said, Wherein shall we returne?

1611 marginal noteZech. 1.3.

Malachi 3:18
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Malachi 3:18 · retained source text

Then shall yee returne and discerne betweene the righteous and the wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.

Matthew 2:12
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 2:12 · retained source text

And being warned of God in a dreame, that they should not returne to Herode, they departed into their owne countrey another way.

Matthew 10:13
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 10:13 · retained source text

And if the house be worthy, let your peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace returne to you.

Matthew 12:44
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 12:44 · retained source text

Then he saith, I will returne into my house from whence I came out; And when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept, and garnished.

Matthew 24:18
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 24:18 · retained source text

Neither let him which is in the field, returne backe to take his clothes.

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