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turning

Meaning of “turning”

Moving or changing direction; a bend or corner; turning away is departure or removal, while turning something into another state is alteration or conversion.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
18 occurrences18 verses13 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Kings 21:13

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Micah 2:4
¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 2:4 · retained source text

¶ In that day shall one take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly spoiled: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he remoued it from me? turning away hee hath diuided our fields.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with a lamentation of lamentations.

1611 marginal noteOr, instead of restoring.

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A winding, bend, corner, flexure, or deviation from the proper course.

volume 2, leaf 817, column 1 (main_dictionary)

Moving in a circle; changing; winding.

volume 2, leaf 817, column 1 (main_dictionary)