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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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Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 11:24 · retained source text

And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah.

1611 marginal noteLuc. 3.34. Thara.

Genesis 11:25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 11:25 · retained source text

And Nahor liued, after he begate Terah, an hundred & nineteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 11:26 · retained source text

And Terah liued seuenty yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, & Haran.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 24.2. 1.Chron. 1.26.

Genesis 11:27
¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 11:27 · retained source text

¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: And Haran begate Lot.

Genesis 22:23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 22:23 · retained source text

And Bethuel begate Rebekah: these eight Milcah did beare to Nahor, Abrahams brother.

1611 marginal noteCalled Rom.9.10.Rebecca.

Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 25:3 · retained source text

And Iokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sonnes of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

1611 marginal note1.Chro. 1.32.

Genesis 25:19
¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:19 · retained source text

¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abrahams sonne: Abraham begate Isaac.

Leviticus 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:45 · retained source text

Moreouer, of the children of the strangers that do soiourne among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shalbe your possession.

Numbers 26:29
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 26:29 · retained source text

Of the sonnes of Manasseh: Of Machir the familie of the Machirites: and Machir begate Gilead: Of Gilead come the familie of the Gileadites.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 17.1.

Numbers 26:58
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 26:58 · retained source text

These are the families of the Leuites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites: and Kohath begate Amram.

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