Upward
Bible Usage:
- upward used 61 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 7:20
- Last Reference: Haggai 2:18
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:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Upward
UP'WARD, adjective [up and ward, Latin versus.]
Directed to a higher place; as with upward eye; with upward speed.
UP'WARD, noun The top. [Not in use.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Upwards
UP'WARDS, adverb
1. Toward a higher place; opposed to downward.
Upward I lift my eye.
2. Toward heaven and God.
Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
3. With respect to the higher part.
Upward man, downward fish.
4. More than, indefinitely. upwards of ten years have elapsed; upwards of a hundred men were present.
5. Toward the source. Trace the stream upwards
And trace the muses upwards to their spring.