Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
2. (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
3. (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
4. (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
5. (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
6. (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
7. (n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
8. (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
Strong's Hebrew
5074. nadad -- to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter... nadad. 5075 >>. to
retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter. Transliteration:
nadad Phonetic Spelling: (naw-dad') Short Definition: fled. Word Origin a prim
... /hebrew/5074.htm - 6k 4869. misgab -- a secure height, retreat, stronghold
... << 4868, 4869. misgab. 4870 >>. a secure height, retreat, stronghold. Transliteration:
misgab Phonetic Spelling: (mis-gawb') Short Definition: stronghold. ...
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7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... which is made (1), restore (58), restored (17), restorer (2), restores (7), restoring
(1), restrain (2), restrained (2), retire (1), retreat (1), return (261 ...
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4499. menusah -- flight
... fleeing, flight. Or mnucah {men-oo-saw'}; feminine of manowc; retreat -- fleeing,
flight. see HEBREW manowc. << 4498, 4499. menusah or menusah. 4500 >>. ...
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7585. sheol -- underworld (place to which people descend at death)
... Or shol {sheh-ole'}; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean
retreat), including its accessories and inmates -- grave, hell, pit. ...
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4498. manos -- flight, place of escape or refuge
... escape, way to flee, flight, refuge. From nuwc; a retreat (literally or figuratively);
abstractly, a fleeing -- X apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge. ...
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4583. maon -- dwelling, habitation
... maw-een'}; from the same as ownah; an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple),
men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum) -- den ...
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5472. sug -- to move away, backslide
... A primitive root; properly, to flinch, ie (by implication) to go back, literally
(to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize) -- backslider, drive, go back ...
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5253. nasag -- departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
... departing away, remove, take hold, turn away A primitive root; to retreat -- departing
away, remove, take (hold), turn away. << 5252, 5253. nasag. 5254 >>. ...
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7734. sug -- turn back
... Word Origin the same as sug, qv. turn back A primitive root; to retreat --
turn back. << 7733, 7734. sug. 7735 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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