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fruitful

Meaning of “fruitful”

Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:22

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Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:22 · retained source text

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.17. and 9.1.

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:28 · retained source text

And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that mooueth vpon the earth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. creepeth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 9.1.

Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
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1611 witness · Genesis 8:17 · retained source text

Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.

Genesis 9:1
AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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1611 witness · Genesis 9:1 · retained source text

¶ And God blessed Noah, and his sonnes, and said vnto them, Bee fruitfull and multiply, and replenish the earth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.28. and 8.17.

Genesis 9:7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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1611 witness · Genesis 9:7 · retained source text

And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 17:6 · retained source text

And I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and I will make nations of thee, and Kings shall come out of thee.

Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
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1611 witness · Genesis 17:20 · retained source text

And as for Ishmael, I haue heard thee: behold, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

1611 marginal noteGene. 25.12.

Genesis 26:22
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 26:22 · retained source text

And he remoued from thence, and digged another well, and for that they stroue not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth: and he said, For now the LORD hath made roome for vs, and we shall be fruitfull in the land.

1611 marginal noteThat is, roome.

Genesis 28:3
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
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1611 witness · Genesis 28:3 · retained source text

And God Almighty blesse thee, and make thee fruitfull, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people:

1611 marginal noteHebr. an assembly of people.

Genesis 35:11
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
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1611 witness · Genesis 35:11 · retained source text

And God saide vnto him, I am God Almightie: be fruitfull and multiply: a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.

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