KJV dictionary & concordance

bear

Meaning of “bear”

Sense 1: To carry, support, convey, endure, sustain, or be answerable for. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth offspring, fruit, or another result. Sense 3: In ‘bear witness’ or ‘bear record,’ to testify or give witness. Sense 4: A large wild animal.

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215 occurrences208 verses45 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:13

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Ruth 1:12

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Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ruth 1:12 · retained source text

Turne againe, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to haue an husband: if I should say, I haue hope, if I should haue a husband also to night, and should also beare sonnes:

1611 marginal noteOr, if I were with an husband.

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Genesis 4:13 Genesis 13:6 Genesis 16:11 Genesis 17:17 Genesis 17:19 Genesis 17:21 Genesis 18:13 Genesis 22:23 Genesis 30:3 Genesis 36:7 Genesis 43:9 Genesis 44:32 Genesis 49:15 Exodus 18:22 Exodus 20:16 Exodus 25:27 Exodus 27:7 Exodus 28:12 Exodus 28:29 Exodus 28:30 Exodus 28:38 Exodus 28:43 Exodus 30:4 Exodus 37:5 Exodus 37:14 Exodus 37:15 Exodus 37:27 Exodus 38:7 Leviticus 5:1 Leviticus 5:17 Leviticus 7:18 Leviticus 10:17 Leviticus 12:5 Leviticus 16:22 Leviticus 17:16 Leviticus 19:8 Leviticus 19:18 Leviticus 20:17 Leviticus 20:19 Leviticus 20:20 Leviticus 22:9 Leviticus 22:16 Leviticus 24:15 Numbers 1:50 Numbers 4:15 Numbers 4:25 Numbers 5:31 Numbers 7:9 Numbers 9:13 Numbers 11:14 Numbers 11:17 Numbers 14:27 Numbers 14:33 Numbers 14:34 Numbers 18:1 Numbers 18:22 Numbers 18:23 Numbers 18:32 Numbers 30:15 Deuteronomy 1:9 Deuteronomy 1:12 Deuteronomy 1:31 Deuteronomy 5:20 Deuteronomy 10:8 Deuteronomy 28:57 Joshua 3:8 Joshua 3:13 Joshua 4:16 Joshua 6:4 Joshua 6:6 Judges 13:3 Judges 13:5 Judges 13:7 Ruth 1:12 1 Samuel 17:34 1 Samuel 17:36 1 Samuel 17:37 2 Samuel 17:8 2 Samuel 18:19 2 Samuel 18:20 1 Kings 3:21 1 Kings 21:10 2 Kings 18:14 2 Kings 19:30 1 Chronicles 5:18 2 Chronicles 2:2 Esther 1:22 Psalms 75:3 Psalms 89:50 Psalms 91:12 Proverbs 9:12 Proverbs 12:24 Proverbs 17:12 Proverbs 18:14 Proverbs 28:15 Proverbs 30:21 Song of Solomon 4:2 Isaiah 1:14 Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 11:7 Isaiah 37:31 Isaiah 46:4 Isaiah 46:7 Isaiah 52:11 Isaiah 53:11 Isaiah 54:1 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 10:19 Jeremiah 17:21 Jeremiah 17:27 Jeremiah 29:6 Jeremiah 31:19 Jeremiah 44:22 Lamentations 3:10 Lamentations 3:27 Ezekiel 4:4 Ezekiel 4:5 Ezekiel 4:6 Ezekiel 12:6 Ezekiel 12:12 Ezekiel 14:10 Ezekiel 16:52 Ezekiel 16:54 Ezekiel 17:8 Ezekiel 17:23 Ezekiel 18:19 Ezekiel 18:20 Ezekiel 23:35 Ezekiel 23:49 Ezekiel 32:30 Ezekiel 34:29 Ezekiel 36:7 Ezekiel 36:15 Ezekiel 44:10 Ezekiel 44:12 Ezekiel 44:13 Ezekiel 46:20 Daniel 2:39 Daniel 7:5 Hosea 9:16 Hosea 13:8 Amos 5:19 Amos 7:10 Micah 6:16 Micah 7:9 Zephaniah 1:11 Haggai 2:12 Zechariah 5:10 Zechariah 6:13 Matthew 3:11 Matthew 4:6 Matthew 19:18 Matthew 27:32 Mark 10:19 Mark 15:21 Luke 1:13 Luke 4:11 Luke 11:48 Luke 13:9 Luke 14:27 Luke 18:7 Luke 18:20 Luke 23:26 John 1:7 John 1:8 John 2:8 John 3:28 John 5:31 John 5:36 John 8:14 John 8:18 John 10:25 John 15:4 John 15:8 John 15:27 John 16:12 John 18:23 John 18:37 Acts 9:15 Acts 15:10 Acts 18:14 Acts 22:5 Acts 23:11 Acts 27:15 Romans 10:2 Romans 13:9 Romans 15:1 1 Corinthians 3:2 1 Corinthians 10:13 1 Corinthians 15:49 2 Corinthians 8:3 2 Corinthians 11:1 2 Corinthians 11:4 Galatians 4:15 Galatians 5:10 Galatians 6:2 Galatians 6:5 Galatians 6:17 Colossians 4:13 1 Timothy 5:14 Hebrews 9:28 James 3:12 1 John 1:2 1 John 5:7 1 John 5:8 3 John 1:12 Revelation 2:2 Revelation 13:2

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Genesis 4:13 Leviticus 7:18 Deuteronomy 1:9 Psalms 91:12 Ezekiel 12:6 Zechariah 6:13 John 18:37 Revelation 13:2