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begat

Meaning of “begat”

1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:18

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1 Chronicles 14:3
¶ And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 14:3 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem: and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.

1611 marginal noteHebr. yet.

2 Chronicles 11:21
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:21 · retained source text

And Rehoboam loued Maacah the daughter of Absalom, aboue all his wiues and his concubines: for he tooke eighteene wiues, and threescore concubines, and begate twentie and eight sonnes, and threescore daughters.

2 Chronicles 13:21
¶ But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 13:21 · retained source text

¶ But Abiiah waxed mighty, and married fourteene wiues, and begate twentie and two sonnes, and sixteene daughters.

2 Chronicles 24:3
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:3 · retained source text

And Iehoiada tooke for him two wiues, and he begat sonnes and daughters.

Nehemiah 12:10
¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:10 · retained source text

¶ And Ieshua begate Ioiakim, Ioiakim also begate Eliashib, and Eliashib begate Ioiada,

Nehemiah 12:11
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:11 · retained source text

And Ioiada begate Ionathan, and Ionathan begate Iaddua.

Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:22 · retained source text

Hearken vnto thy father that begate thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.8.

Jeremiah 16:3
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:3 · retained source text

For thus sayth the LORD concerning the sonnes and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begate them in this land:

Daniel 11:6
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 11:6 · retained source text

And in the end of yeeres they shall ioyne themselues together: for the Kings daughter of the South shall come to the King of the North to make an agreement, but she shall not retaine the power of the arme, neither shall he stand, nor his arme: but she shall be giuen vp, and they that brought her, and he that begate her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall associate themselues.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rights.

1611 marginal noteOr, whom she brought forth.

Zechariah 13:3
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 13:3 · retained source text

And it shal come to passe that when any shall yet prophecie, then his father and his mother that begate him, shall say vnto him, Thou shalt not liue: for thou speakest lies in the Name of the LORD: and his father and his mother, that begate him, shall thrust him through when he prophecieth.

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