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offspring

Meaning of “offspring”

Children, descendants, seed, or that which proceeds from a source or ancestor.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
12 occurrences12 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 5:25

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Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:25 · retained source text

Thou shalt know also that thy seede shalbe great, and thine offspring as the grasse of the earth.

1611 marginal noteOr, much.

Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 21:8 · retained source text

Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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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 31:8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:8 · retained source text

Then let mee sow, and let another eate, yea let my off-spring be rooted out.

Isaiah 22:24
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 22:24 · retained source text

And they shall hang vpon him all the glory of his fathers house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantitie: from the vessels of cups, euen to all the vessels of flagons.

1611 marginal noteOr, instruments of violes.

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 44:3 · retained source text

For I will powre water vpon him that is thirstie, and floods vpon the dry ground: I will powre my spirit vpon thy seede, and my blessing vpon thine offspring:

1611 marginal noteCha. 35.7. ioel 2.28. ioh.7.38. acts 2.18.

Isaiah 48:19
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 48:19 · retained source text

Thy seede also had beene as the sand, and the ofspring of thy bowels like the grauell thereof: his name should not haue beene cut off, nor destroyed from before me.

Isaiah 61:9
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 61:9 · retained source text

And their seed shalbe knowen among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: All that see them, shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

Isaiah 65:23
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 65:23 · retained source text

They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth for trouble: for they are the seede of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Acts 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 17:28 · retained source text

For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as certaine also of your owne Poets haue said, For we are also his offspring.

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A child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.

volume 2, leaf 213, column 2 (main_dictionary)