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returning

Meaning of “returning”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.

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First occurrence: Isaiah 30:15

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Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:15 · retained source text

For thus saith the LORD God, the Holy one of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saued, in quietnesse and in confidence shalbe your strength, and ye would not:

Luke 7:10
And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 7:10 · retained source text

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the seruant whole that had bene sicke.

Acts 8:28
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 8:28 · retained source text

Was returning, and sitting in his charet, read Esaias the Prophet.

Hebrews 7:1
FOR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 7:1 · retained source text

¶ For this Melchisedec king of Salem, Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the Kings, and blessed him:

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