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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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Isaiah 1:25
¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:25 · retained source text

¶ And I will turne my hand vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to purenesse.

Isaiah 10:2
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:2 · retained source text

To turne aside the needy from iudgement, and to take away the right from the poore of my people, that widdowes may be their pray, and that they may robbe the fatherles.

Isaiah 13:14
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:14 · retained source text

And it shalbe as the chased Roe, and as a sheepe that no man taketh vp: they shall euery man turne to his owne people, and flee euery one into his owne land.

Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:27 · retained source text

For the LORD of hostes hath purposed, and who shall disanull it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turne it backe?

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 20.6. iob 9.12. prou. 21.30. dan. 4.32.

Isaiah 19:6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 19:6 · retained source text

And they shall turne the riuers farre away, and the brookes of defence shall be emptied and dried vp: the reeds and flagges shall wither.

Isaiah 22:18
He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 22:18 · retained source text

He will surely violently turne and tosse thee, like a ball into a large countrey: there shalt thou die, and there the charets of thy glory shall be the shame of thy LORDs house.

1611 marginal noteHeb. large of spaces.

Isaiah 23:17
¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 23:17 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe after the ende of seuentie yeeres, that the LORD will visite Tyre, and shee shall turne to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdomes of the world vpon the face of the earth.

Isaiah 28:6
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:6 · retained source text

And for a spirit of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement, and for strength to them that turne the battell to the gate.

Isaiah 29:21
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:21 · retained source text

That make a man an offendour for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproueth in the gate, and turne aside the iust for a thing of nought.

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