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turn

Meaning of “turn”

Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:2

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1 Samuel 12:20
¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:20 · retained source text

¶ And Samuel saide vnto the people, Feare not: (ye haue done al this wickednesse, yet turne not aside from following the LORD, but serue the LORD with all your heart:

1 Samuel 12:21
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:21 · retained source text

And turne ye not aside, for then should ye goe after vaine things, which cannot profit, nor deliuer, for they are vaine.)

1 Samuel 14:7
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:7 · retained source text

And his armour bearer sayd vnto him, Doe all that is in thine heart: turne thee, behold, I am with thee, according to thy heart.

1 Samuel 15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:25 · retained source text

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sinne, and turne againe with me, that I may worship the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:30 · retained source text

Then he said, I haue sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the Elders of my people, and before Israel, and turne againe with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

1 Samuel 22:17
¶ And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 22:17 · retained source text

¶ And the king said vnto the footmen that stood about him, Turne and slay the Priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with Dauid, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to mee. But the seruants of the king would not put foorth their hand to fall vpon the Priestes of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, guard. Heb. the runners.

1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 22:18 · retained source text

And the king said to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and hee fell vpon the Priests, and slew on that day foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linnen Ephod.

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