Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Acts 20:3
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
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שׁוּב
shûwb · shoob
241 times translated as this KJV form1,105 total Strong's occurrences
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Strong's KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 3:19Strong's last: Malachi 3:18
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hypostréphō · hoop-os-tref'-o
5 times translated as this KJV form35 total Strong's occurrences
to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--come again, return (again, back again), turn back (again).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 8:39Strong's last: Acts 20:3
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epistréphō · ep-ee-stref'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
to revert (literally, figuratively or morally)
Strong's KJV usage: :--come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 10:13Strong's last: Luke 17:31
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tᵉshûwbâh · tesh-oo-baw'
3 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
Strong's KJV usage: answer, be expired, return.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 7:17Strong's last: 1 Kings 20:26
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anakámptō · an-ak-amp'-to
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to turn back
Strong's KJV usage: :--(re-)turn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 2:12Strong's last: Acts 18:21
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analýō · an-al-oo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to break up, i.e. depart (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--depart, return.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 12:36Strong's last: Luke 12:36
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anastréphō · an-as-tref'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. remain, live
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, behave self, have conversation, live, overthrow, pass, return, be used.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 15:16Strong's last: Acts 15:16
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pânâh · paw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form135 total Strong's occurrences
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).
Strong's first: Joshua 22:4Strong's last: Joshua 22:4
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
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And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
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Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
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I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
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And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
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And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
H7725
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
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And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
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In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
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Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
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But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
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And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
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And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
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In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
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And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
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And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
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And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
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And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
English meaning and historical usage.
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return
RETURN, verb intransitive [Latin torno.]
1. To come or go back to the same place. The gentleman goes from the country to London and returns, or the citizen of London rides into the country and returns. The blood propelled from the heart, passes through the arteries to the extremities of the body, and returns through the veins. Some servants are good to go on errands, but not good to return
2. To come to the same state; as, to return from bondage to a state of freedom.
3. To answer.
He said, and thus the queen of heaven return'd.
4. To come again; to revisit.
Thou to mankind be good and friendly still, and oft return
5. To appear or begin again after a periodical revolution.
With the year seasons return but not to me returns day -
6. To show fresh signs of mercy.
RETURN, O Lord, deliver my soul. Psalms 6:4.
To return to God, to return from wickedness, to repent of sin or wandering from duty.
RETURN', verb transitive
1. To bring, carry or send back; as, to return a borrowed book; to return a hired horse.
2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
3. To give in recompense or requital.
In any wise, return him a trespass-offering. 1 Samuel 6:3.
The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thy own head. 1 Kings 2:32.
4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer.
5. To tell, relate or communicate.
And Moses returned the words of the people to the Lord.
Exodus 19:8.
6. To retort; to recriminate.
If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am.
7. To render an account, usually an official account to a superior. Officers of the army and navy return to the commander the number of men in companies, regiments, etc.; they return the number of men sick or capable of duty; they return the quantity of ammunition, provisions, etc.
8. To render back to a tribunal or to an office; as, to return a writ or an execution.
9. To report officially; as, an officer returns his proceedings on the back of a writ or precept.
10. To send; to transmit; to convey.
Instead of a ship, he should levy money and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use.
RETURN', noun
1. The act of coming or going back to the same place.
Takes little journeys and makes quick returns.
2. The act of sending back; as the return of a borrowed book or of money lent.
3. The act of putting in the former place.
4. Retrogression; the act of moving back.
5. The act or process of coming back to a former state; as the return of health.
6. Revolution; a periodical coming to the same point; as the return of the sun to the tropic of Cancer.
7. Periodical renewal; as the return of the seasons or of the year.
8. Repayment; reimbursement in kind or in something equivalent, for money expended or advanced, or for labor. One occupation gives quick returns; in others, the returns are slow. The returns of the cargo were in gold. The farmer has returns in his crops.
9. Profit; advantage.
From these few hours we spend in prayer, the return is great.
10. Remittance; payment from a distant place.
11. Repayment; retribution; requital.
Is no return due from a grateful breast?
12. Act of restoring or giving back; restitution.
13. Either of the adjoining sides of the front of a house or ground-plot, is called a return side.
14. In law, the rendering back or delivery of a writ, precept or execution, to the proper officer or court; or the certificate of the officer executing it, indorsed. We call the transmission of the writ to the proper officer or court, a return; and we give the same name to the certificate or official account of the officer's service or proceedings. The sheriff or his subordinate officers make return of all writs and precepts. We use the same language for the sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
15. A day in bank. The day on which the defendant is ordered to appear in court, and the sheriff is to bring in the writ and report his proceedings, is called the return of the writ.
16. In military and naval affairs, an official account, report or statement rendered to the commander; as the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, ammunition, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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