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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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Exodus 2:7
Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:7 · retained source text

Then said his sister to Pharaohs daughter, Shall I goe, and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew-women, that she may nurse the childe for thee?

Exodus 2:9
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:9 · retained source text

And Pharaohs daughter said vnto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will giue thee thy wages. And the woman tooke the childe, and nursed it.

Exodus 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 2:10 · retained source text

And the childe grew, and shee brought him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he became her sonne. And she called his name Moses: And she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Drawen out.

Exodus 21:22
¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:22 · retained source text

¶ If men striue, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischiefe follow, he shalbe surely punished, according as the womans husband will lay vpon him, and hee shall pay as the Iudges determine.

Exodus 22:22
¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 22:22 · retained source text

¶ Yee shall not afflict any widow, or fatherlesse child.

1611 marginal noteZac. 7.10.

Leviticus 12:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 12:2 · retained source text

Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman haue conceiued seed, and borne a man child, then she shal be vncleane seuen dayes: according to the dayes of the separation for her infirmitie shall she be vncleane.

1611 marginal noteChap. 15.19.

Leviticus 12:5
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 12:5 · retained source text

But if she beare a maid child, then she shalbe vncleane two weekes, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and sixe dayes.

Leviticus 22:13
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 22:13 · retained source text

But if the Priests daughter be a widow, or diuorced, and haue no childe, and is returned vnto her fathers house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her fathers meat, but there shall no stranger eate thereof.

1611 marginal noteChap. 10.14.

Numbers 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 11:12 · retained source text

Haue I conceiued all this people? haue I begotten them, that thou shouldest say vnto me, Cary them in thy bosome (as a nursing father beareth the sucking child) vnto the land which thou swarest vnto their fathers?

Deuteronomy 25:5
¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:5 · retained source text

¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and haue no child, the wife of the dead shall not marrie without, vnto a stranger: her husbands brother shall go in vnto her, and take her to him to wife, and performe the duetie of an husbands brother vnto her.

1611 marginal noteOr, next kinseman.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 22.24. mar. 12.19. luk. 20.28.

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