KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 4:26
Complete exact-word concordance
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
And to Seth, to him also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to call vpon the Name of the LORD.
1611 marginal noteHebr. Enosh.
1611 marginal noteOr, to call themselues by the Name of the LORD.
AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
¶ And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And the seuen yeeres of dearth beganne to come according as Ioseph had saide, and the dearth was in all lands: but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
1611 marginal notePsal. 105.16.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the yongest: and the cup was found in Beniamins sacke.
AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people begun to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab.
1611 marginal noteChap. 33.49.
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
On this side Iordane, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
And the Spirit of the LORD beganne to mooue him at times in the campe of Dan, betweene Zorah and Eshtaol.
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
And she made him sleepe vpon her knees, and she called for a man, and she caused him to shaue off the seuen lockes of his head, and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
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