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Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.

(2): (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

(3): (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.

(4): (n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

(5): (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.

(6): (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

(7): (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

(8): (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

(9): (n.) A support or resource in reserve.

(10): (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

(11): (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.

(12): (n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing.

(13): (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

(14): (a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.

(15): (a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action.

(16): (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; - said of a dog.

(17): (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; - used of the wind.

(18): (v. i.) To get upon the back of; to mount.

(19): (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.

(20): (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

(21): (v. i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

(22): (v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

(23): (v. i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

(24): (v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.

(25): (v. i.) To bet on the success of; - as, to back a race horse.

(26): (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.

(27): (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.

(28): (adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.

(29): (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

(30): (adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

(31): (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

(32): (adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.

(33): (adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.

(34): (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.

(35): (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.

(36): (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital.

King James Dictionary

Back, n.

1. The upper part of an animal, particularly of a quadruped, whose back is a ridge. In human beings, the hinder part of the body.

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2. The outward or convex part of the hand, opposed to the inner, concave part, or palm. 3. As the back of man is the part on the side opposite to the face hence the part opposed to the front as the back of a book and of a chimney, or the back of a house. 4. The part opposite to or most remote from that which fronts the speaker or actor, or the part out of sight as the back of an isle, of a wood, of a village. 5. As the back is the strongest part of an animal, and as the back is behind in motion hence the thick and strong part of a cutting tool as the back of a knife, or of a saw. 6. The place behind or nearest the back as, on the back of a hill or of a village. 7. The outer part of the body, or the whole body a part for the whole as, he has not clothes to his back. 8. To turn the back on one, is to forsake, or neglect him. 9. To turn the back to one, to acknowledge to be superior. 10. To turn the back, is to depart, or to leave the care or cognizance of to remove or be absent. 11. Behind the back, is in secret, or when one is absent. 12. To cast behind the back, in scripture, is to forget and forgive, Is.xxxviii, 17 or to treat with contempt. Ez.xxiii 35 Neh.ix 26 13. To plow the back, is to oppress and persecute. Ps.cxxix. 14. To bow the back, is to submit to oppression. Rom.xi 10

Back, adv. To the place from which one came as, to go back is to return.

2. In a figurative sense, to a former state, condition or station as, he cannot go back from his engagements. 3. Behind not advancing not coming or bringing forward as, to keep back a part to keep one's selfback. 4. Towards times or things past as, to look back on former ages. 5. Again in return as, give back the money. 6. To go or come back, is to return, either to a former place, or state. 7. To go or give back, is to retreat to recede.

Back, To mount to get upon the back sometimes perhaps to place upon the back as, to back a horse.

2. To support to maintain to second or strengthen by aid as, the Court was backed by the House of Commons. 3. To put backward to cause to retreat or recede as, to back oxen. 4. To back a warrant, is for a justice of the peace in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender. 5. In seamanship, to back an anchor is to lay down a small anchor ahead of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened to the crown of the large one, to prevent its coming home. 6. To back astern, in rowing, is to manage the oars in a direction contrary to the usual method, to move a boat stern

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foremost.

7. To back the sails,is to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern.

Back, To move or go back as, the horse refuses to back.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: νῶτος (Strong'S #3577 — Noun Masculine — notos — no'-tos )

"the back," is derived from a root no--, signifying "to bend, curve." It is used in  Romans 11:10 .

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Jeremiah 18:17 (a) This represents the attitude of God in refusing to answer or to come to their help when idolatrous Israel was in trouble.

 Jeremiah 32:33 (a) The word is used here to describe the attitude of Israel in refusing to listen to God or to bow to His commands.