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multiply

Meaning of “multiply”

To increase or cause to increase in number, amount, or extent.

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46 occurrences42 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:22

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Exodus 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:10 · retained source text

Come on, let vs deale wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to passe that when there falleth out any warre, they ioyne also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and so get them vp out of the land.

Exodus 7:3
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 7:3 · retained source text

And I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my signes and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:29
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 23:29 · retained source text

I will not driue them out from before thee in one yeere, lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
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1611 witness · Exodus 32:13 · retained source text

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel thy seruants, to whom thou swarest by thine owne selfe, and saidest vnto them, I will multiply your seed as the starres of heauen: and all this land that I haue spoken of, will I giue vnto your seed, and they shall inherit it for euer.

1611 marginal noteGene. 12.7. and 15.7. and 48.16.

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