KJV dictionary & concordance

toward

Meaning of “toward”

1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

346 occurrences285 verses49 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:14

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Deuteronomy 4:41

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¶ Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:41 · retained source text

¶ Then Moses seuered three cities on this side Iordan, toward the Sunne rising:

Deuteronomy 4:47

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And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:47 · retained source text

And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Iordan toward the sun rising,

1611 marginal noteNum. 21.33. chap. 3.3.

Deuteronomy 28:54

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So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

3 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:54 · retained source text

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shalbe euill toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosome, and towards the remnant of his children which he shall leaue:

Deuteronomy 28:56

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The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

3 word occurrences in this verse

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:56 · retained source text

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the ground, for delicatenesse and tendernesse, her eye shall be euill towards the husband of her bosome, and towards her sonne, and towards her daughter,

Deuteronomy 28:57

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And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:57 · retained source text

And towards her yong one that commeth out from betweene her feete, and towards her children which shee shall beare: for shee shall eate them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie shall distresse thee in thy gates.

1611 marginal noteHebr. after-birth.

Complete reference index — all 285 verses

Genesis 2:14 Genesis 12:9 Genesis 13:12 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 18:2 Genesis 18:16 Genesis 18:22 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 19:28 Genesis 20:1 Genesis 25:18 Genesis 28:10 Genesis 30:40 Genesis 31:2 Genesis 31:5 Genesis 31:21 Genesis 48:13 Exodus 9:8 Exodus 9:10 Exodus 9:22 Exodus 9:23 Exodus 10:21 Exodus 10:22 Exodus 16:10 Exodus 25:20 Exodus 26:35 Exodus 28:27 Exodus 34:8 Exodus 36:25 Exodus 39:20 Leviticus 9:22 Leviticus 13:41 Numbers 2:3 Numbers 3:38 Numbers 16:42 Numbers 21:11 Numbers 21:20 Numbers 23:28 Numbers 24:1 Numbers 32:14 Numbers 34:15 Deuteronomy 4:41 Deuteronomy 4:47 Deuteronomy 28:54 Deuteronomy 28:56 Deuteronomy 28:57 Joshua 1:4 Joshua 1:15 Joshua 3:16 Joshua 8:18 Joshua 12:1 Joshua 13:5 Joshua 15:4 Joshua 15:7 Joshua 15:21 Joshua 16:6 Joshua 18:13 Joshua 18:17 Joshua 18:18 Joshua 19:11 Joshua 19:12 Joshua 19:18 Joshua 19:27 Joshua 19:34 Judges 3:28 Judges 4:6 Judges 5:9 Judges 5:11 Judges 8:3 Judges 13:20 Judges 19:9 Judges 19:18 Judges 20:43 Judges 20:45 1 Samuel 13:18 1 Samuel 17:30 1 Samuel 17:48 1 Samuel 20:12 1 Samuel 20:41 2 Samuel 14:1 2 Samuel 15:23 2 Samuel 24:5 2 Samuel 24:20 1 Kings 7:9 1 Kings 7:25 1 Kings 8:22 1 Kings 8:29 1 Kings 8:30 1 Kings 8:35 1 Kings 8:38 1 Kings 8:42 1 Kings 8:44 1 Kings 8:48 1 Kings 14:13 1 Kings 18:43 2 Kings 3:14 2 Kings 25:4 1 Chronicles 9:24 1 Chronicles 12:15 1 Chronicles 26:17 2 Chronicles 4:4 2 Chronicles 6:13 2 Chronicles 6:20 2 Chronicles 6:21 2 Chronicles 6:26 2 Chronicles 6:34 2 Chronicles 6:38 2 Chronicles 16:9 2 Chronicles 20:24 2 Chronicles 24:16 2 Chronicles 31:14 Ezra 3:11 Nehemiah 3:26 Nehemiah 12:31 Esther 1:13 Esther 8:4 Job 2:12 Job 11:13 Job 39:26 Psalms 5:7 Psalms 25:15 Psalms 28:2 Psalms 66:5 Psalms 85:4 Psalms 86:13 Psalms 98:3 Psalms 103:11 Psalms 116:12 Psalms 117:2 Psalms 138:2 Proverbs 14:35 Proverbs 23:5 Ecclesiastes 1:6 Ecclesiastes 11:3 Song of Solomon 7:4 Song of Solomon 7:10 Isaiah 7:1 Isaiah 11:14 Isaiah 29:13 Isaiah 38:2 Isaiah 49:23 Isaiah 63:7 Isaiah 63:15 Isaiah 66:14 Jeremiah 1:13 Jeremiah 3:12 Jeremiah 4:6 Jeremiah 4:11 Jeremiah 12:3 Jeremiah 15:1 Jeremiah 29:10 Jeremiah 29:11 Jeremiah 31:21 Jeremiah 31:40 Jeremiah 46:6 Jeremiah 49:36 Lamentations 2:19 Ezekiel 1:23 Ezekiel 4:7 Ezekiel 6:2 Ezekiel 6:14 Ezekiel 8:3 Ezekiel 8:5 Ezekiel 8:14 Ezekiel 8:16 Ezekiel 9:2 Ezekiel 12:14 Ezekiel 16:42 Ezekiel 16:63 Ezekiel 17:6 Ezekiel 17:7 Ezekiel 17:21 Ezekiel 20:46 Ezekiel 21:2 Ezekiel 24:23 Ezekiel 33:25 Ezekiel 40:6 Ezekiel 40:20 Ezekiel 40:22 Ezekiel 40:23 Ezekiel 40:24 Ezekiel 40:27 Ezekiel 40:31 Ezekiel 40:32 Ezekiel 40:34 Ezekiel 40:37 Ezekiel 40:44 Ezekiel 40:45 Ezekiel 40:46 Ezekiel 41:11 Ezekiel 41:12 Ezekiel 41:14 Ezekiel 41:19 Ezekiel 42:1 Ezekiel 42:4 Ezekiel 42:7 Ezekiel 42:10 Ezekiel 42:11 Ezekiel 42:12 Ezekiel 42:15 Ezekiel 43:1 Ezekiel 43:4 Ezekiel 43:17 Ezekiel 44:1 Ezekiel 46:1 Ezekiel 46:12 Ezekiel 46:19 Ezekiel 47:1 Ezekiel 47:8 Ezekiel 47:15 Ezekiel 48:10 Ezekiel 48:17 Ezekiel 48:21 Ezekiel 48:28 Daniel 4:2 Daniel 6:10 Daniel 8:8 Daniel 8:9 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 10:9 Daniel 10:15 Daniel 11:4 Daniel 11:19 Daniel 11:29 Hosea 3:1 Hosea 5:1 Joel 2:20 Jonah 2:4 Zechariah 6:6 Zechariah 6:8 Zechariah 9:1 Zechariah 14:4 Zechariah 14:8 Matthew 12:49 Matthew 14:14 Matthew 28:1 Mark 6:34 Luke 2:14 Luke 12:21 Luke 13:22 Luke 24:29 John 6:17 Acts 1:10 Acts 8:26 Acts 20:21 Acts 22:3 Acts 24:15 Acts 24:16 Acts 27:12 Acts 27:40 Acts 28:14 Romans 1:27 Romans 5:8 Romans 11:22 Romans 12:16 Romans 15:5 1 Corinthians 7:36 2 Corinthians 1:16 2 Corinthians 1:18 2 Corinthians 2:8 2 Corinthians 7:4 2 Corinthians 7:7 2 Corinthians 7:15 2 Corinthians 9:8 2 Corinthians 10:1 2 Corinthians 13:4 Galatians 2:8 Ephesians 1:8 Ephesians 2:7 Philippians 2:30 Philippians 3:14 Colossians 4:5 1 Thessalonians 3:12 1 Thessalonians 4:10 1 Thessalonians 4:12 1 Thessalonians 5:14 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Titus 3:4 Philemon 1:5 Hebrews 6:1 Hebrews 6:10 1 Peter 2:19 1 Peter 3:21 1 John 3:21 1 John 4:9

Where “toward” appears

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Genesis 2:14 Deuteronomy 4:41 2 Samuel 24:5 Psalms 66:5 Ezekiel 8:5 Ezekiel 44:1 Acts 8:26 1 John 4:9

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Skeat 1893

Open source edition ↗

As in 'to us-ivard.'

printed p. 279; PDF p. 299; Internet Archive leaf n298