Downward
Bible Usage:
- downward used 5 times.
- First Reference: 2 Kings 19:30
- Last Reference: Ezekiel 8:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H4295 Used 5 times
DOWNWARD, DOWNWARDS, adverb [See Ward.]
DOWNWARD, DOWNWARDS adverb [See Ward.]
1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth, or not; as, to tend downward; to move or roll downwards; to look downward; to take root DOWNWARDS
2. In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin or source. Water flows downward toward the sea; we sailed downward on the stream.
3. In a course of lineal descent from an ancestor, considered as a head; as, to trace successive generations downward from Adam or Abraham.
4. In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction.
DOWNWARD, adjective
1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place, as on a slope or declivity, or in the open air; tending towards the earth or its center; as a downward course; he took his way with downward force.
2. Declivous; bending; as the downward heaven.
3. Descending from a head, origin or source.
4. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as downward thoughts.