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toward

Meaning of “toward”

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

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
346 occurrences285 verses49 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:14

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Showing verses 91–100 of 285 · 346 word occurrences in this result

1 Kings 8:42
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:42 · retained source text

(For they shall heare of thy great Name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arme) when hee shall come and pray towards this house:

1 Kings 8:44
¶ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:44 · retained source text

¶ If thy people goe out to battell against their enemie, whithersoeuer thou shalt send them, and shall pray vnto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name:

1611 marginal noteHebr. the way of the citie.

1 Kings 8:48
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:48 · retained source text

And so returne vnto thee with all their heart, and with all their soule, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captiue, and pray vnto thee toward their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I haue built for thy Name:

1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:13 · retained source text

And all Israel shall mourne for him, and bury him: for he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the graue, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel, in the house of Ieroboam.

1 Kings 18:43
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 18:43 · retained source text

And said to his seruant, Goe vp now, looke toward the Sea. And hee went vp, and looked, and saide, There is nothing. And he said, Goe againe seuen times.

2 Kings 3:14
And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:14 · retained source text

And Elisha said, As the LORD of hostes liueth, before whom I stand, Surely were it not that I regard the presence of Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah, I would not looke toward thee, nor see thee.

2 Kings 25:4
¶ And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 25:4 · retained source text

¶ And the citie was broken vp, and all the men of warre fled by night, by the way of the gate, betweene two walles, which is by the kings garden, (now the Caldees were against the citie round about) and the King went the way toward the plaine.

1 Chronicles 12:15
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:15 · retained source text

These are they that went ouer Iorden in the first moneth, when it had ouerflowen all his bankes, and they put to flight all them of the valleis, both toward the East, and toward the West.

1611 marginal noteHeb. filled ouer.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 3.15.

1 Chronicles 26:17
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 26:17 · retained source text

Eastward were sixe Leuites, Northward foure a day, Southward foure a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

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