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Old 02-25-2008, 06:46 AM
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Most Webster's dictionaries we have today are abridged or edited so not all the meanings of words are found in them. the Unabridged dictionary is much better but more costly.

the word "turn" for example is one of those words. in Zep 3:9 "For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent"

but the Hebrew word never meant "give" but most interpretate it that way. but in an unabridged Webster's dictionary you will find it means to "Translate or interpret" but in the regular Webster's that meaning is not in there. it is because the editors feel it is Archaic.

any way a good unabridges dictionary Webster's or Oxfords (the older ones) is a good investement to understanding the KJ Bible english.