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bud

Meaning of “bud”

Sense 1: A young shoot or undeveloped growth of a plant. Sense 2: As a verb, to put forth such growth, literally or figuratively.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
11 occurrences11 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 14:9

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Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 8:7 · retained source text

For they haue sowen the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewinde: it hath no stalke: the budde shall yeeld no meale: if so be it yeeld, the strangers shall swallow it vp.

1611 marginal noteOr, standing corne.

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The young shoot of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves or a flower. To put forth shoots; to grow or spring forth.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 319