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beget

Meaning of “beget”

For a father, to procreate or father offspring.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
10 occurrences10 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 17:20

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Every verse containing “beget”

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Genesis 17:20
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 17:20 · retained source text

And as for Ishmael, I haue heard thee: behold, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

1611 marginal noteGene. 25.12.

Deuteronomy 4:25
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¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:25 · retained source text

¶ When thou shalt beget children, and childrens children, and shalt haue remained long in the land, and shal corrupt your selues, & make a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing, and shall doe euil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to prouoke him to anger:

Deuteronomy 28:41
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Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:41 · retained source text

Thou shalt beget sonnes and daughters, but thou shalt not enioy them: for they shall goe into captiuitie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they shall not be thine.

2 Kings 20:18
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And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 20:18 · retained source text

And of thy sonnes that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shall bee Eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Ecclesiastes 6:3
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¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:3 · retained source text

¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and liue many yeeres, so that the dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his soule be not filled with good, and also that he haue no buriall, I say, that an vntimely birth is better then he.

Isaiah 39:7
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And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 39:7 · retained source text

And of thy sonnes that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall bee Eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:6
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Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 29:6 · retained source text

Take ye wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.

Ezekiel 18:10
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¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:10 · retained source text

¶ If hee beget a sonne that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doth the like to any one of these things,

1611 marginal noteOr, breaker vp of an house.

1611 marginal noteOr, that doeth to his brother, besides any of these.

Ezekiel 18:14
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¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:14 · retained source text

¶ Now loe, if hee beget a sonne that seeth all his fathers sinnes which he hath done, and considereth, and doth not such like,

Ezekiel 47:22
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¶ And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 47:22 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe, that yee shall diuide it by lot for an inheritance vnto you, and to the strangers that soiourne among you, which shall beget children among you, and they shall be vnto you as borne in the countrey among the children of Israel; they shall haue inheritance with you among the Tribes of Israel.

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Webster 1828

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To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 258