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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

2. (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

3. (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.

4. (a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.

5. (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.

6. (n.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.

7. (n.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.

8. (n.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

9. (n.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

10. (v.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

11. (v.) To cause to return; to recall.

12. (v.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

13. (v.) To turn upside down; to invert.

14. (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

15. (v.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

16. (v. i.) To return; to revert.

17. (v. i.) To become or be reversed.

Greek

2551. kakologeo -- to speak ill of
... 2551 ("calculated evil-speaking") tries to make evil good ("positive"),
ie presenting what is as "right" (or the reverse). 2551 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2551.htm - 7k

4762. strepho -- to turn, ie to change
... Strengthened from the base of trope; to twist, ie Turn quite around or reverse
(literally or figuratively) -- convert, turn (again, back again, self, self about ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4762.htm - 8k

Strong's Hebrew

7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... retire (1), retreat (1), return (261), return and take back (1), return* (1), returned
(151), returned* (1), returning (2), returns (9), reverse (1), revived (1 ...
/hebrew/7725.htm - 9k

2016. hephek -- the contrary, contrariness, perversity
... contrary. : or hephek {hay'-fek}; from haphak; a turn, ie The reverse -- contrary.
see HEBREW haphak. 2015, 2016. hephek. 2017 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/2016.htm - 6k

7251. raba -- to square
... A primitive root (rather identical with raba' through the idea of sprawling "at
all fours" (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare arba ...
/hebrew/7251.htm - 6k

8659. Tarshish -- a son of Javan, his desc. and their land, also a ...
... Probably the same as tarshiysh (as the region of the stone, or the reverse); Tarshish,
a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel ...
/hebrew/8659.htm - 6k

Library

The Subsequent Reverse.
... Book IX. Chapter II."The Subsequent Reverse. 1. But the tyrant who, as
we have said, ruled over the districts of the Orient, a ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter ii the subsequent reverse.htm

The Purport of Ancient Scholia, and Notes in Mss. On the Subject ...
... CHAPTER VIII. THE PURPORT OF ANCIENT SCHOLIA, AND NOTES IN MSS. ON THE SUBJECT OF
THESE VERSES, SHEWN TO BE THE REVERSE OF WHAT IS COMMONLY SUPPOSED. ...
/.../chapter viii the purport of.htm

Conduct of the Arians Towards the Nicene Council. Ignorant as Well ...
... Ignorant as well as irreligious to attempt to reverse an Ecumenical Council:
proceedings at Nicæa: Eusebians then signed what they now complain of: on the ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/chapter ii conduct of the arians.htm

He Rejoices that He Proceeded from Plato to the Holy Scriptures ...
... Book VII. Chapter XX."He Rejoices that He Proceeded from Plato to the
Holy Scriptures, and Not the Reverse. 26. But having then ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xx he rejoices that he.htm

Internal Evidence Demonstrated to be the Very Reverse of ...
... THE LAST TWELVE VERSES OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO S. MARK. CHAPTER IX. INTERNAL
EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATED TO BE THE VERY REVERSE OF UNFAVOURABLE TO THESE VERSES. ...
/.../chapter ix internal evidence demonstrated.htm

Internal Evidence Demonstrated to be the Very Reverse of ...
... CHAPTER IX. INTERNAL EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATED TO BE THE VERY REVERSE OF
UNFAVOURABLE TO THESE VERSES. The "Style" and "Phraseology" of ...
/.../chapter ix internal evidence demonstrated.htm

The Joyous Return
... It is a very instructive call; for it tells the sinner exactly what he has to
do. Return: that is, reverse your course. ... Reverse the original. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the joyous return.htm

Colossians and Ephesians Compared and vindicated.
... has recently been doubted and denied, but the negative critics are by no means agreed;
some surrender Ephesians but retain Colossians, others reverse the case ...
/.../section 96 colossians and ephesians.htm

Concerning the Heaven.
... Therefore, taking them in the reverse order, we have in the lowest situation earth
and water: but water is lighter than earth, and hence is more easily set in ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vi concerning the heaven.htm

Thesaurus

Reverse (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite
or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. ...
/r/reverse.htm - 11k

Revoke (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to
cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will ...
/r/revoke.htm - 10k

Money (284 Occurrences)
... The earliest Lydian coins were struck by Gyges in the 7th century BC These coins
were of electrum and elliptical in form, smooth on the reverse but deeply ...
/m/money.htm - 69k

Register (14 Occurrences)
... types are cast. 11. (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines
on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet. 12. (n.) The ...
/r/register.htm - 13k

Revert (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To change back to a former condition; to reverse.
2. (vt) To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate. 3. (vt) To change back. ...
/r/revert.htm - 8k

Pile (16 Occurrences)
... called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile. 13. (n.) The reverse
of a coin. See Reverse. 14. (vt) To lay or throw into a ...
/p/pile.htm - 13k

Communities (2 Occurrences)
... Amos 1:6 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, And for four, I do
not reverse it, Because of their removing a complete captivity, To deliver up ...
/c/communities.htm - 7k

Back (5096 Occurrences)
... to barbarism. 30. (adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago. 31. (adv.) Away from
contact; by reverse movement. 32. (adv.) In concealment ...
/b/back.htm - 11k

Reconciliation (11 Occurrences)
... But the whole statement shows that it is not a question of the one who is offering
the gift laying aside his enmity against his brother, but the reverse. ...
/r/reconciliation.htm - 30k

Reconcile (10 Occurrences)
... But the whole statement shows that it is not a question of the one who is offering
the gift laying aside his enmity against his brother, but the reverse. ...
/r/reconcile.htm - 29k

Bible Concordance

Reverse (12 Occurrences)

Numbers 23:20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Esther 8:5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Esther 8:8 Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may not be reversed by any man."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Job 11:10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
(YLT)

Isaiah 43:13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Amos 1:3 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
(See JPS YLT)

Amos 1:6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom:
(See JPS YLT)

Amos 1:9 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
(See JPS YLT)

Amos 1:11 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
(See JPS YLT)

Amos 2:1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
(See JPS YLT)

Amos 2:4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:
(See JPS)

Amos 2:6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-
(See JPS YLT)

Subtopics

Reverse

Related Terms

Revoke (10 Occurrences)

Money (284 Occurrences)

Revert (6 Occurrences)

Pile (16 Occurrences)

Communities (2 Occurrences)

Back (5096 Occurrences)

Reconciliation (11 Occurrences)

Reconcile (10 Occurrences)

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