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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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283 occurrences271 verses48 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:2

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Proverbs 4:27
turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:27 · retained source text

Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot frō euil.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 5.32

Proverbs 9:4
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 9:4 · retained source text

Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she sayth to him:

Proverbs 9:16
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 9:16 · retained source text

Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him;

Proverbs 24:18
Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 24:18 · retained source text

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and hee turne away his wrath from him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. it be euill in his eyes.

Proverbs 25:10
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:10 · retained source text

Lest he that heareth it, put thee to shame, and thine infamie turne not away.

Proverbs 29:8
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 29:8 · retained source text

Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

1611 marginal noteOr, set a citie on fire.

Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 3:20 · retained source text

All goe vnto one place, all are of the dust, and all turne to dust againe.

Song of Solomon 2:17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:17 · retained source text

Untill the day breake, and the shadowes flee away: turne my beloued and be thou like a Roe, or a yong Hart, vpon the mountaines of Bether.

1611 marginal noteOr, of diuision.

1611 marginal noteChap.4.6

1611 marginal noteChap.8.14.

Song of Solomon 6:5
turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:5 · retained source text

Turne away thine eyes from me, for they haue ouercome me: thy haire is a flocke of goates, that appeare from Gilead.

1611 marginal noteOr, they haue puffed me vp.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.1. and 2.

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.

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