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Thompson Chain Reference
• Looking Backward
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Back, Backside, Backward
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• Backwardness
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• ὀπίσω , τοὐπισω
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(1):

(adv.) On the back, or with the back downward.

(2):

(adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

(3):

(adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

(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.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.