King James Bible Dictionary

IN'WARD, adjective

1. Internal; interior; placed or being within; as the inward structure of the body.

2. Intimate; domestic; familiar.

3. Seated in the mind or soul.

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IN'WARDLY, adverb In the inner parts; internally.

Let Benedict, like covered fire,

Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly

1. In the heart; privately; secretly. He inwardly repines. It is not easy to treat with respect a person whom we inwardly despise.

2. Towards the center.

IN'WARDNESS, noun Intimacy; familiarity. [Not used.]

1. Internal state. [Unusual.]

IN'WARDS, noun plural The inner parts of an animal; the bowels; the viscera. Exodus 29:1.

IN'WARDS, adverb Toward the inside. Turn the attention inward.

1. Toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.

2. Into the mind or thoughts.

Celestial light shine inward.