Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

feed

Meaning of “feed”

Sense 1: To give or take food; to nourish, tend, or graze. Sense 2: Food for animals.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references
81 occurrences77 verses28 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 25:30

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “feed”

KJV PCE

Remembering a verse with different wording? Find a verse across the Bible →

Showing verses 1–10 of 77 · 81 word occurrences in this result

Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 25:30 · retained source text

And Esau said to Iacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage: for I am faint; therefore was his name called Edom.

1611 marginal noteHebr. with that red, with that red pottage.

Genesis 29:7
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 29:7 · retained source text

And hee said, Loe, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattell should be gathered together: water yee the sheepe, and goe and feed them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. yet the day is great.

Genesis 30:31
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 30:31 · retained source text

And hee said, what shall I giue thee? and Iacob said, Thou shalt not giue me any thing; if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will againe feed and keepe thy flocke.

Genesis 37:12
¶ And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:12 · retained source text

¶ And his brethren went to feed their fathers flocke in Shechem.

Genesis 37:13
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:13 · retained source text

And Israel saide vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren feed the flocke in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee vnto them: & he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 37:16
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:16 · retained source text

And he said, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feede their flockes.

Genesis 46:32
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 46:32 · retained source text

And the men are sheapheards, for their trade hath bene to feed cattell: and they haue brought their flocks, and their heards, and all that they haue.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they are men of cattell.

Exodus 22:5
¶ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 22:5 · retained source text

¶ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feede in another mans field: of the best of his owne field, and of the best of his owne vineyard shall he make restitution.

Exodus 34:3
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 34:3 · retained source text

And no man shall come vp with thee, neither let any man bee seene throughout all the mount, neither let the flockes nor herds feede before that mount.

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.12.

1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 17:15 · retained source text

But Dauid went, and returned from Saul, to feed his fathers sheepe at Bethlehem.

Complete reference index — all 77 verses

Where “feed” appears

Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.

Source order

Definition evidence