Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
2. (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
3. (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.
4. (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
5. (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
6. (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
7. (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
Greek
5288. hupostello -- to draw in, let down, draw back ... 5288 (from 5259 , "under" and 4724 , "draw in") -- properly, draw under, pulling
back to (go
backwards); withdraw (shrink from); shun; "back off," especially
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5288.htm - 7k3694. opiso -- back, behind, after
... after. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: opiso Phonetic Spelling:
(op-is'-o) Short Definition: behind, after Definition: behind, after; back, backwards. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3694.htm - 6k
Strong's Hebrew
322. achorannith -- backwards... 321, 322. achorannith. 323 .
backwards. Transliteration: achorannith Phonetic
Spelling: (akh-o-ran-neeth') Short Definition: backward. Word Origin prol.
... /hebrew/322.htm - 6kLibrary
The Lesson of Memory
... They suggest a momentary consciousness of the swift passage of life, and naturally
lead us to a glance backwards and forwards, both of which occupations ought ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the lesson of memory.htm
This Region of Light must be Material if it is Joined to the ...
... three white and one black; then suppose the three white pieces joined as one, and
conceive them as infinite upwards and downwards, and backwards in all ...
/.../chapter 21 name region of.htm
Concerning the Foreknowledge of God and the Free Will of Man, in ...
... And further, if there is anything depending on our wills, we must go backwards by
the same steps of reasoning till we arrive at the conclusion that there is no ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 9 concerning the foreknowledge of.htm
Whether the Operation of Contemplation is Fittingly Divided into a ...
... Reply to Objection 3: These varieties of movement that are taken from the distinction
between above and below, right and left, forwards and backwards, and from ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the operation of contemplation.htm
Memory, Hope, and Effort
... very few of the faculties of our nature which we more seldom try to regulate by
Christian principles than that great power which we have of looking backwards. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/memory hope and effort.htm
Acts of Sharbil, who was a Priest of Idols, and was Converted to ...
... The judge said: Let his body be bent backwards, and let straps be tied to his hands
and his feet; and, when he has been bent backwards, let him be scourged on ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents acts of.htm
The Adventures of Saint Denis of France.
... after her to utter a tender adieu, instead of the lady, his nose came with such
force in contact with a pillar that he was sent sprawling backwards into the ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter five the adventures of.htm
Missed Ends
... After the third piercing and walk, he throws the pot backwards over his
shoulder, and as it smashes the water all splashes out. ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter vi missed ends.htm
Jesus is Arrested.
... Malchus was instantly converted by the cure wrought upon him, and during the time
of the Passion his employment was to carry messages backwards and forwards to ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter iii jesus is arrested.htm
God did not Make Evil, nor is He at all in any Way the Author of ...
... opinion, that the resurrection is without flesh, may find support; supposing rational
bones and flesh, and in different ways changing it backwards and forwards ...
/.../methodius/from the discourse on the resurrection/part i god did not.htm
Thesaurus
Backwards (3 Occurrences)... 7. (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to
read
backwards. Multi-Version Concordance
Backwards (3 Occurrences).
.../b/backwards.htm - 7kBackward (39 Occurrences)
... of Backwards. ... Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their
shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
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Nakedness (50 Occurrences)
... Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
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Faces (158 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their
shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/f/faces.htm - 37k
Shoulders (38 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their
shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/s/shoulders.htm - 18k
Shem (17 Occurrences)
... Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/s/shem.htm - 15k
Japheth (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/j/japheth.htm - 15k
Shoulder (72 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their
shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/s/shoulder.htm - 37k
Walked (178 Occurrences)
... Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/w/walked.htm - 38k
Cover (254 Occurrences)
... Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. ...
/c/cover.htm - 40k
Bible Concordance
Backwards (3 Occurrences)John 18:6 As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground.
(WEY)
Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
(WEB DBY)
Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.
(DBY)
Subtopics
Backwards
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Backward (39 Occurrences)
Nakedness (50 Occurrences)
Faces (158 Occurrences)
Shoulders (38 Occurrences)
Shem (17 Occurrences)
Japheth (12 Occurrences)
Shoulder (72 Occurrences)
Walked (178 Occurrences)
Cover (254 Occurrences)
Covered (325 Occurrences)
Garment (143 Occurrences)
Across (172 Occurrences)
Father's (251 Occurrences)
Upper (99 Occurrences)
Wards (5 Occurrences)
Bacuth (1 Occurrence)
Shuttle (1 Occurrence)
Halt (12 Occurrences)
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