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child

Meaning of “child”

1. A son or daughter; an offspring or descendant. 2. A young person or infant, considered by age or development. 3. In 'with child,' pregnant or carrying an unborn child. 4. One described as belonging to, derived from, characterized by, or dependent upon another person, group, or condition.

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:30

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Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 1:6 · retained source text

Then said I, Ah LORD God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a childe.

1611 marginal noteExo.3.4.

Jeremiah 1:7
¶ But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 1:7 · retained source text

¶ But the LORD sayd vnto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoeuer I command thee, thou shalt speake.

Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:31 · retained source text

For I haue heard a voice as of a woman in trauel, and the anguish as of her that bringeth foorth her first childe, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth her selfe, that spreadeth her hands, saying; Woe is me now, for my soule is wearied because of murderers.

Jeremiah 20:15
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 20:15 · retained source text

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad.

1611 marginal noteIob.3.3. chap. 15.10.

Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 30:6 · retained source text

Aske yee now and see whether a man doeth trauaile with child? wherefore doe I see euery man with his handes on his loynes, as a woman in trauaile, and all faces are turned into palenesse?

1611 marginal noteHeb. a male

Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:8 · retained source text

Behold, I will bring them from the North countrey, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child, and her that trauelleth with child together, a great company shall returne thither.

Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:20 · retained source text

Is Ephraim my deare sonne? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I doe earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely haue mercy vpon him, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sound.

Jeremiah 44:7
Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:7 · retained source text

Therefore now thus saith the LORD the God of hostes, the God of Israel, Wherefore commit ye this great euill against your soules, to cut off from you man and woman, childe and suckling out of Iudah, to leaue you none to remaine.

1611 marginal noteHebr. out of the midst of Iudah.

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