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children

Meaning of “children”

Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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1,803 occurrences1,516 verses56 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:16

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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 5:4 · retained source text

His children are farre from safetie, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliuer them.

Job 8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 8:4 · retained source text

If thy children haue sinned against him, and he haue cast them away for their transgression:

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the hand of their transgression

Job 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 17:5 · retained source text

Hee that speaketh flattery to his friends, euen the eyes of his children shall faile.

Job 19:18
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 19:18 · retained source text

Yea, yong children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

1611 marginal noteOr, the wicked.

Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 20:10 · retained source text

His children shall seeke to please the poore, and his hands shall restore their goods.

1611 marginal noteOr, the poore shall oppresse his children.

Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 21:11 · retained source text

They send foorth their little ones like a flocke, and their children dance.

Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 21:19 · retained source text

God layeth vp his iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

1611 marginal noteThat is, the punishment of his iniquitie.

Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:5 · retained source text

Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children.

Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 27:14 · retained source text

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offpring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 29:5 · retained source text

When the Almightie was yet with me, when my children were about me:

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Genesis61 occurrences
52 verses
Exodus138 occurrences
131 verses
Leviticus61 occurrences
57 verses
Numbers263 occurrences
235 verses
Deuteronomy70 occurrences
62 verses
Joshua191 occurrences
135 verses
Judges131 occurrences
109 verses
1 Samuel22 occurrences
20 verses
2 Samuel29 occurrences
25 verses
1 Kings33 occurrences
31 verses
2 Kings35 occurrences
30 verses
1 Chronicles66 occurrences
59 verses
2 Chronicles53 occurrences
45 verses
Ezra113 occurrences
68 verses
Nehemiah114 occurrences
68 verses
Esther2 occurrences
2 verses
Job13 occurrences
12 verses
Psalms52 occurrences
50 verses
Proverbs11 occurrences
10 verses
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
1 verse
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verse
Isaiah38 occurrences
35 verses
Jeremiah47 occurrences
40 verses
Lamentations9 occurrences
9 verses
Ezekiel30 occurrences
27 verses
Daniel13 occurrences
13 verses
Hosea18 occurrences
16 verses
Joel11 occurrences
7 verses
Amos7 occurrences
6 verses
Obadiah2 occurrences
2 verses
Micah3 occurrences
3 verses
Nahum1 occurrence
1 verse
Zephaniah3 occurrences
3 verses
Zechariah2 occurrences
2 verses
Malachi2 occurrences
1 verse
Matthew31 occurrences
30 verses
Mark10 occurrences
10 verses
Luke23 occurrences
21 verses
John6 occurrences
6 verses
Acts12 occurrences
12 verses
Romans10 occurrences
8 verses
1 Corinthians3 occurrences
2 verses
2 Corinthians5 occurrences
4 verses
Galatians8 occurrences
8 verses
Ephesians9 occurrences
9 verses
Colossians3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
3 verses
1 Timothy5 occurrences
5 verses
Titus2 occurrences
2 verses
Hebrews4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse
1 John12 occurrences
11 verses
2 John3 occurrences
3 verses
3 John1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation4 occurrences
4 verses

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