King James Bible Dictionary

to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again

properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses

the earth (at {large} or partitively a land)

properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses

forty

a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially)