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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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Numbers 11:17
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 11:17 · retained source text

And I will come downe and talke with thee there, and I will take of the spirit which is vpon thee, and wil put it vpon them, and they shall beare the burden of the people with thee, that thou beare it not thy selfe alone.

Numbers 14:27
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:27 · retained source text

How long shall I beare with this euil congregation which murmure against mee? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against mee.

Numbers 14:33
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:33 · retained source text

And your children shall wander in the wildernes forty yeres, and beare your whoredomes, vntill your carkases be wasted in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteOr feed.

Numbers 14:34
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:34 · retained source text

After the number of the dayes in which ye searched the land, euen fortie dayes (each day for a yeere) shall yee beare your iniquities, euen forty yeeres, and yee shall know my breach of promise.

1611 marginal noteOr, altering of my purpose.

1611 marginal noteEzech. 4.6. psal. 95.19.

Numbers 18:1
AND the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:1 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD sayd vnto Aaron, Thou and thy sonnes, and thy fathers house with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuary: and thou and thy sonnes with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of your Priesthood.

Numbers 18:22
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 18:22 · retained source text

Neither must the children of Israel hencefoorth come nigh the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they beare sinne, and die.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to die.

Numbers 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:23 · retained source text

But the Leuites shall doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shal beare their iniquitie: it shall be a statute for euer throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they haue no inheritance.

Numbers 18:32
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:32 · retained source text

And yee shall beare no sinne by reason of it, when ye haue heaued from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Numbers 30:15
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 30:15 · retained source text

But if hee shall any wayes make them voyd after that he hath heard them, then he shall beare her iniquitie.

Deuteronomy 1:9
¶ And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:9 · retained source text

¶ And I spake vnto you at that time, saying, I am not able to beare you my selfe alone:

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