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breed

Meaning of “breed”

1. To bring forth offspring or multiply by generation. 2. A stock, lineage, or kind produced by generation.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 8:17

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “breed”

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Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 8:17 · retained source text

Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:14 · retained source text

Butter of kine, & milke of sheepe, with fat of lambes, and rammes of the breed of Bashan, & goats, with the fat of kidneis of wheat, and thou diddest drinke the pure blood of the grape.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A race or progeny from the same parents or stock; a kind or race of animals having common nativity or distinctive qualities.

volume 1, leaf 309, column 3 (main_dictionary)

To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any species of animals. To produce within or upon the body.

volume 1, leaf 309, column 2-3 (main_dictionary)