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conceive

Meaning of “conceive”

Sense 1: To become pregnant. Sense 2: To form an idea, plan, purpose, or understanding in the mind.

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14 occurrences13 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 30:38

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Genesis 30:38
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 30:38 · retained source text

And he set the rods which he had pilled, before the flockes in the gutters in the watering troughes when the flocks came to drinke, that they should conceiue when they came to drinke.

Genesis 30:41
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 30:41 · retained source text

And it came to passe whensoeuer the stronger cattell did conceiue, that Iacob layd the rods before the eyes of the cattell in the gutters, that they might conceiue among the rods.

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