Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. 2. (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. 3. (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell. 4. (a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction. 5. (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite. 6. (n.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse. 7. (n.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse. 8. (n.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke. 9. (n.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed. 10. (v.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart. 11. (v.) To cause to return; to recall. 12. (v.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite. 13. (v.) To turn upside down; to invert. 14. (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert. 15. (v.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree. 16. (v. i.) To return; to revert. 17. (v. i.) To become or be reversed.

Multi-Version Concordance Reverse (12 Occurrences) Numbers 23:20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT) Esther 8:5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) Esther 8:8 Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may not be reversed by any man." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) Job 11:10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? (YLT) Isaiah 43:13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? (See JPS NAS NIV) Amos 1:3 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: (See JPS YLT) Amos 1:6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom: (See JPS YLT) Amos 1:9 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: (See JPS YLT) Amos 1:11 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: (See JPS YLT) Amos 2:1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: (See JPS YLT) Amos 2:4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk: (See JPS) Amos 2:6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes- (See JPS YLT)