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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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Jeremiah 2:24
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:24 · retained source text

A wild asse vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the wind at her pleasure, in her occasion who can turne her away? all they that seeke her will not wearie themselues, in her moneth they shall find her.

1611 marginal noteOr, O wild asse &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. taught

1611 marginal noteHeb. the desire of her heart.

1611 marginal noteOr, reuerse it.

Jeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:35 · retained source text

Yet thou sayest; Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turne from me: behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I haue not sinned.

Jeremiah 3:7
And I said after she had done all these things, turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:7 · retained source text

And I said after she had done all these things; Turne thou vnto me: but shee returned not, and her treacherous sister Iudah saw it.

Jeremiah 3:14
turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:14 · retained source text

Turne, O backesliding children, saith the LORD, for I am maried vnto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I wil bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:19 · retained source text

But I said; How shall I put thee among the children, and giue thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hostes of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me; My father, and shalt not turne away from me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. land of desire.

1611 marginal noteHeb. land of desire.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from after me.

Jeremiah 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:28 · retained source text

For this shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue be blacke: because I haue spoken it, I haue purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.

Jeremiah 6:9
¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:9 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly gleane the remnant of Israel as a vine: turne backe thine hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.

Jeremiah 8:4
¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:4 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD, Shall they fall, and not arise? shall hee turne away, and not returne?

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:16 · retained source text

Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteIsa.8.22.

Jeremiah 18:8
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:8 · retained source text

If that nation against whom I haue pronounced, turne from their euill, I will repent of the euill that I thought to doe vnto them.

1611 marginal noteIona.3.10.

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